"This is good...wow...this is really good! Really good mouth feel, great oak integration, not too over the top...no oak monster scaring me. Even better than that is the intensity of the fruit in this wine, it is really unparalleled. When you get blueberries, blackberries that taste that intense, that almost taste like you took the fruit, cut it to the core and just taste that, when you get that focused a fruit you are talking about the $100, $200, $300 bottle of wine. This is a first group Bordeaux, Dancing Hares is very well made."

Gary Vaynerchuk | www.winelibrarytv.com
Episode 710, July 27, 2009

"The wine is a dark ruby in color in the glass. The bouquet is very distinct and representative of their unique terroir. This is a complex elegant nose with excellent depth of aroma including baking spices, a distinctive earthiness, graphite, and red cherry. The palate is smooth and soft and for a young wine is already well in balance. The entry shows just a touch of toasted almond and vanilla with concentrated ripe fruit flavors from start to finish including red cherry, plum and raspberry. The finish shows broad well structured tannins that do not dominate the wine, rather they complement the long finish. Enjoy with food or just by itself!"

The Napa Wine Project
Artisan Wine Tasting Event; Summer 2009

"The 2006 Dancing Hares is an intriguing blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 17% Cabernet Franc. This wine displays chocolaty, sweet, smoked herb, plum, black cherry, and current notes, a nice, fleshy mouth feel, low acidity, and sweet tannin. It is an attractive wine that avoids the rustic tannins that some 2006 Bordeaux varietal's have. Drink it over the next 12-15 years."

Robert Parker: The Wine Advocate
December 2009