Sami-Odi Vertical Tasting – 12 Iconic Bottles, One Night Only

 

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A Cult Shiraz Experience Like No Other

This is the one we’ve been waiting for.
Join us for an intimate night tasting 12 rare Sami-Odi wines — a vertical event featuring:

- 6 editions of Little Wine

- 6 vintages of Hoffmann Dallwitz Syrah

Hosted in the Private Dining Room at Cinder Fitzroy, the evening will unfold across two brackets, complete with tasting notes, storytelling, and deep discussion. Expect rare bottles, great people, and a few surprises.

What’s Included

- A 12-wine vertical of Sami-Odi – Australia's most elusive Syrah

- Private tasting setting at Cinder, Fitzroy

- Light food pairings to complement the wines

- Printed tasting notes + bracketed format

- Wine chat, laughs, and the full Wine Animal experience

About Sami-Odi

Founded: 2006 by Fraser McKinley
Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia
Focus: Syrah (Shiraz) – small-batch, organically farmed, minimal intervention

Sami-Odi is a boutique winery born from the vision of Fraser McKinley, a New Zealand-born winemaker with a background in fine arts and design. That creative lens runs through every part of the project — from the striking label designs to the purity of expression in every bottle.

Fraser works only with Shiraz from the Hoffmann Dallwitz Vineyard in Ebenezer, Barossa — a site with vines dating back as far as 1888. Farming is organic, cellar work is low-intervention (native yeasts, whole-bunch ferments, no fining or filtration), and each wine is a raw, vivid snapshot of vintage, soil, and instinct.

The range includes:

- Little Wine: multi-vintage, barrel-aged blends that showcase Sami-Odi’s signature style — lifted, elegant, and complex.

- Hoffmann Dallwitz Syrah: a single-vineyard flagship, made from the oldest blocks on the property, rich in mineral tension and depth.

Production is tiny. Allocation is tight. And demand is sky-high.

The Hoffmann Dallwitz Vineyard

Located in the Ebenezer district of the northern Barossa, the Dallwitz Block is the crown jewel of the Hoffmann family’s vineyard holdings. With confirmed vines from 1912 — and likely older — this site sits on red clay-loam and ironstone, producing Shiraz of power, purity, and remarkable aging potential.

Adrian Hoffmann, sixth-generation grower, manages the land using organic and biodynamic practices. With low-intervention viticulture, thoughtful soil management, and a hands-on relationship with winemakers, the Dallwitz Block has become one of the most revered vineyard sources in Australia — with fruit also used by Rockford and Torbreck.

Wines from this site regularly retail at over $500 a bottle, and it’s easy to see why.

Why This Event?

Sami-Odi wines are near impossible to find — most never make it to retail. With grapes sourced exclusively from the historic Hoffmann Dallwitz Vineyard and made in minuscule quantities, these bottles are the crown jewels of new-wave Barossa.

This is a once-in-a-year kind of lineup. If you know, you know.

Date: Friday, 23rd May
Location: Cinder Fitzroy – Private Dining Room, Melbourne
Spots: 13 only – extremely limited

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