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2015 Caliza Winery Azimuth

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

93The Wine Advocate

...notes of grilled meats, smoky dark fruits and anise. On the palate, it's full-bodied, rich and layered, with good balancing freshness and fine, melting tannins. This is a gourmand, lavish Rhône blend that's attractively pure and harmonious...

93Wine Spectator

Dynamic and refined, with expressive dried currant, black licorice and peppered beef flavors that take on power toward well-buffed tannins...

93Jeb Dunnuck

... Beautiful notes of red currants, passion fruits, blood orange, and spiced meats all emerge from this deep, rich, opulent red...another smoking good wine from winemaker Carl Bowker that will put a smile on your face.

91Vinous / IWC

... Smoke-accented dark berries and cherry pit on the perfumed nose, with a suave floral note... Offers pliant blackberry and bitter cherry flavors that show good depth and become sweeter on the back half. The floral note comes back and carries through a long, smooth finish that's framed by dusty, even tannins.

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles

Paso Robles AVA is midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, and it is considered one of the West Coast’s most exciting winemaking regions. With its hot, sometimes searingly dry and sunny weather, it is especially good country for growing warm climate grapes such as Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Because many Paso Robles wineries have been successful with blending these grapes into Rhone Valley-style wines, it is known as the Rhone zone of California. The AVA was created in 1983 and there are 32,000 vineyard acres. In late 2014 the AVA was divided into 11 smaller sub-appellations, so starting with 2015 vintages labeling will become more specific on Paso Robles wines, which will now also list sub-appellations. Located in San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles, the town and its surrounding area, was traditionally a farming and ranching region. But from a few dozen wineries in the early 1990s to more than 200 today, the area is quickly becoming known for wine and risk-taking winemakers.

VINTAGE

2015 Caliza Winery Azimuth