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Bottle No. 4204
The Sami-Odi Little Wine #5 Syrah is a cult Australian release from Sami-Odi, crafted by Fraser McKinley from the revered Hoffmann Dallwitz vineyard in Ebenezer, Barossa Valley. Produced in extremely limited quantities and released as an unvintaged assemblage, Little Wine #5 captures the estate’s distinctive philosophy of texture, perfume, energy, and site expression rather than overt power alone.
Little Wine #5 is composed of casks from 2012 (11%), 2013 (3%), 2014 (39%) and 2015 (47%), sourced from treasured vineyard plots planted in 1996, 1995, 1960, 1927, and the oldest vines dating back prior to 1912. Just 4,955 bottles were filled.
The Hoffmann Dallwitz vineyard is one of the Barossa Valley’s most iconic old-vine sites, and Sami-Odi’s low-intervention approach preserves the purity and individuality of these ancient vines. Fruit is handled gently, matured in Burgundian oak pièces, and bottled without fining or filtration, allowing texture, aromatic detail, and vineyard character to remain fully intact.
The wine opens with a deeply layered bouquet of blackberry, dark cherry, plum skin, graphite, spice, liquorice, dried herbs, and subtle floral lift. The palate is medium- to full-bodied yet remarkably energetic, balancing concentrated dark fruit with savoury complexity, mineral tension, and silky tannins. Unlike many traditional Barossa Shiraz wines, Little Wine #5 prioritises finesse, perfume, and freshness alongside depth and intensity.
Now entering a beautiful stage of evolution, the wine offers both immediate complexity and further ageing potential over the next decade and beyond.
A rare and highly collectible Barossa Syrah that has become one of Australia’s most sought-after modern cult wines.
