Stanley Barrios

9.7

The most structured Sami Odi I’ve tasted. Great density and complexity with plenty of fruit and the consistently seductive nose I’ve found with these wines. Really appealing stuff here. — 5 years ago

Robert Rothfield

9.5

Unbelievable nose, vibrant dark fruit with long, long finish...great bottle that reminds me of Sami Odi wines — 6 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

“Ruit Hora” is a line of poetry from the Odi Barbare collection of poems by Giosue Carducci and translates to “The Hour Hastens.” A blend of 65% Merlot, 25% Cab Sauv, 5% Petit Verdot & 5% Syrah. Aromas of dark fruits and pleasant noticeable spice. On the palate blackberry and sweet cherry, cacao and vanilla flavors. Nicely balanced, soft tannins, opened quickly, lingering ending with fruit and gentle smoky oak. — 6 years ago

Mackenzie H

9.3

Soft, round, fruity. Made by excellent dudes who really care about their product. — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Medium to full bodied and well made in a good vintage from vines planted in 1885 from the Ebenezer sub district of Barossa Valley. Drinking my Barossa Reds in what passes for Winter in Australia this year. Difficult to drink these big Reds in a Queensland summer. I am dreading summer later in the year. Rich ripe and predictable - But it is pretty delicious. I feel Sami-ODI gets more complexity and interest into their Reds than most. — 8 years ago

Chris Rose

10

Cracking wine. Big bold yet balanced. Exceptional — 8 years ago

Tyler Hensley

Account Manager at LDF Sales & Distributing

9.5

Mr. McKinley, when can we buy some Sami-Odi from Vine Street? — 9 years ago

with Chris

Tim Telli

9.5

Yum Yum :) — 10 years ago

Pasi Ketolainen

9.1

2007: youthful freshness, delicious lemony fruittones with first signs of maturation, balanced and very pleasant. Drink 2020-25. Enjoyed with Sami & Meri with Kantabrian pork stew. — 10 years ago

Ehren Jordan

Owner/Winemaker Failla Wines

9.3

2008. Exceptional! Fraser is the MAN! — 10 years ago

Ben de Vin

9.5

Sami-Odi Little Wine #3 NV — 11 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.4

Thank you for having us @Fraser McKinley. Absolute legend. — 6 years ago

Mike R

9.6

Hello and sit up - this bad boy wine is in the room - fruit boom - and complex - thank you again @Shawn R — 6 years ago

with Shawn

Shay A

9.6

Annual Man Cave dinner. 80+ wines accompanied by zebra, oryx, buffalo, bison and any other African meat you can imagine.

I bought some of these earlier this year but have been holding them. Luckily, someone brought a bottle so that I could check in on them. The nose on this blew me away...reminded me of a Sami-Odi wine in the way it was heavy, without being overbearing. Floral (violets, lavender) but also fruit (ripe, fresh squeezed blackberries) and smoked meat (mainly peppered strip). Love the low ABV (<13%). This is likely best enjoyed over the next 5 years. Wonderful bottle from @Arden Barnett . — 7 years ago

with Arden, Jack and 2 others

Roman Sukley

9.9

2008 Sami-Odi 'Hoffmann Dallwitz' MCMXII Syrah
Sourced from 94 vines, planted between 1888 & 1912.
Harvested 14th March 2008.
Yields of 32 hectolitres per hectare.
388 Bottles filled.
Label: ‘Villie-Morgon’ postcard;
Image sourced Paris 2008. A special treat from my friends @chuck_gudas in conspiracy with @fraser_mckinley, a rare treat of an early Sami-Odi offering. We decanted this wine for several hours, and then re-visited 24 hours later, and the wine continued to evolve and improve. Explosive nose of freshly baked cherry pie. More bright red fruits on the palate with a brambley undertone, and soft silky tannins. Wonderful mouth feel with a long, lingering finish. Thank you Chuck and Fraser! — 8 years ago

Roman Sukley

9.5

2015 Little Wine is anything but. Berry and spice with subtle silky tannins. There's a finesse to this wine that just makes me keep coming back for more. A big wine that's light on its feet. 4 hour decant, the wine improves with air and changes over the course of the evening. — 8 years ago

Berg

9.3

Stupidly good unicorn bottle — 10 years ago

Stuart Robinson

9.2

Beautifully fresh. Briar, blackberry, even a little red fruit suggestive; light, lithe - yet with a framework that belies that. Simply delicious. — 10 years ago

Vadim Shaganski

9.1

Blend of three grapes (Sami in Georgian) Alexandreuli, Saperavi and Merlot. Fantastic. — 11 years ago

Dirk Pettigrew (Pirate)

Sales Pirate Cru Wines

9.5

Gotta love the dedication and efforts of Fazer McKinley — 12 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Tasted twice. “Ruit Hora” is a line of poetry from the Odi Barbare collection of poems by Giosue Carducci and translates to “The Hour Hastens.” A blend of 65% Merlot, 25% Cab Sauv, 5% Petit Verdot & 5% Syrah. Aromas of dark fruits and pleasant noticeable spice. On the palate blackberry and sweet cherry, cacao and vanilla flavors. Nicely balanced, soft tannins, opened quickly, lingering ending with fruit and gentle smoky oak. Very Nice! — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.4

Whoa mama! I think I might have found a near-rival to the Sami-Odi. Emphasis is on 'near.' This wine has POWER. Next to a 2012 Lillian, it just seemed to have more going on. This one in my opinion does not go to the savory meaty side, and is maybe a little bit more to the fruit side. Powerful black fruit, baking spices, nutmeg, caramel apple, plums, hint of grilled meat that I was getting more on the finish. Also quite peppery on the finish. Really nice. This one could probably be cellared for another decade at a minimum, but a really nice wine opened tonight! — 6 years ago

with Dan, Shay and 1 other

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.6

Great balance
Barossa at its top shape
🙏🙏👍 — 7 years ago

Robert Rothfield

9.3

Dark fruit, long finish...will improve with a little more cellar time — 8 years ago

with Warren

Lee Smith

9.7

With Sami Ghosn from Massaya, enjoying his great Colombier — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

2013 vintage. One of the new wave of Artisan winemakers like our Delectable mate Fraser from Sami-Odi. Fresh juicy and funky. Just enough whole bunch acidity without over doing it. Silky but not delivering enough of the ripe fruit Grenache characters that one gets from old school old vine Grenache in The Vale. — 9 years ago

Louis Schofield

Sommelier/Wine Merchant East End Cellars

9.9

Absolutely screams Barossa but without being sweet, oaky or over-ripe. Black olives, carbon. So much intensity and depth but still the bottle disappeared too quickly. Great stuff. — 9 years ago

Nestor Tsioustas

9.0

Powerful but with grace. Typical 2012 Barossa. Mr John Duval has producer a good wine. Structure, deep core fruit. Needs time, slightly closed. Purple dark inky colour. Plum, blackcurrant and vanilla are prominent. Chocolate with great acidity. Length of flavour falls short for me . I don't think this is in the same league as Standish or Sami Odi. Lacked X-factor. Cellar for 10+ years. 92 points. — 10 years ago

jerod peitsmeyer

9.9

3 fing liters of 2011 Sami — 11 years ago

Jonathan Wood

9.3

Barossa Shiraz doesn't get better than this. — 12 years ago