Last Saturday we brought six bottles aboard a 32′ Catalina sailboat sitting in a marina south of San Francisco. Accompanying the all red wines was a huge focacia meat loaf sandwhich.

Eleven people came and went during the long afternoon. The bottles slowly emptied, the spicy meatloaf sandwhich slices seemed to evaporate, and the conversations in the cozy cabin became more interesting.

Every faster loved every wine. No rejects. All are robust enough so we could enjoy them with full flavor and aroma for each varietal. None were so soft to be boring.

The favorite was the Estates 04 Paso Robles Petite Sirah. This is a wine club only selection but we “stole” it. It was lost in oak for over a year, yes, ignored and abandoned. We voted for Hahn to loose all the wines from now on!!

Other wines we selected in the tasting room which we really enjoyed.

Hahn Estates 06 Cab Franc
Hahn Estates 05 Malbec
Hahn SLH 06 Syrah
Hahn SLH 06 Pino Noir

We left a bottle of Pino aboard as a gift to Gil and his new boat. Everyone ageed we need to do this again. Maybe even sail first!

- jim

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