Winemaker Adam LaZarre of Hahn Estates and Smith & Hook Winery seems to have the magic touch when it comes to wine competition sweepstakes.
LaZarre wines won Best of Show awards at four major wine competitions last year — remarkably, with four different wines.
He captured the Best of Show red wine category over the weekend at the Monterey Wine Competition with a 2005 Hahn Estate Cabernet Franc ($22), marking the second consecutive Best of Show red title at that competition.
Last year he took the same honor with the 2004 Hahn Estate Merlot. The kicker? LaZarre was a judge at this year’s Monterey competition and didn’t even vote for his own wine in the sweepstakes.
I should note that Hahn’s 2005 Merlot also made it to the sweepstakes round and finished third.
Wine Review Online will link to the full results of the MWC within a week or so, but in the meantime anyone who would like an email version of the excel spreadsheet should contact me at [email protected].
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