Wine Spectator: Firm and intense, with gripping tannins wrapped around dark berry, black licorice, graphite, cedar and tar. Slow to unfold but does so impressively, gaining strength, depth an...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full ruby. Slightly inky aromas of pungent black raspberry, black plum, minerals and Cuban tobacco. High-pitched yet lush on the palate, with black raspberry, tobacco and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: ...The dark saturated plum/purple color is followed by aromas of prunes, coffee, black fruits, and espresso beans. With an opulent personality, low acidity and a plush texture...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Saturated ruby. Pungent, roasted aromas of black raspberry, currant and maple syrup; distinct suggestions of surmaturite. Superb sweetness and roasted ripeness in the mouth. T...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Highly aromatic nose combines roasted black raspberry, game and beefsteak tomato. Superripe and smooth, with lovely vinosity and subtle notes of tobacco and meat. Finishes wit...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Hudson's 2010 Pick Up Sticks is an unusual blend of 65% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 15% Barbera. Sweet red cherries, flowers, herbs and licorice, all come to life beautifully on a...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Dark berries, cured meat, smoky herbs, minerals and dried flowers on the fragrant nose. A sexy anise quality adds complexity to the powerful blackberry and boysen...

About this Wine: Iconic Bordeaux blend in the model of the great Bordeaux Left Bank wines of Pauillac and Margaux.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A new offering made from lots culled out from their barrels, the seductive, charming 2007 Endre (40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verd...

Wine Enthusiast: ; Here's one for the cellar. It's a big, dry, muscular wine, assertive in tannins, with mineral-driven blackberry and black currant flavors. Muscular and intense, it should pr...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ruby-red. The nose and palate offer a tight core of black fruits and violet, along with a more exotic suggestion of sexy white flowers. Very ripe but not overripe, in spite ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (42% grenache, 33% syrah and 25% mourvedre, raised in 50% new oak): Vivid ruby. Explosive aromas of black raspberry, boysenberry, incense and star anise, with a hint of vani...

Wine Spectator: Offers an amazing mix of flavors, extending from plum and blueberry to loamy earth, dried herb, cedar and tobacco. At points this is supple, but eventually firms on the finish...

Wine Spectator: A tremendous effort, dark, ripe, rich, deeply concentrated, with layers of thick currant, black cherry, wild berry, spice, anise and toasty oak, finishing with a long, complex...

Wine Spectator: A beautifully crafted, rich, intense and concentrated wine, with a tight coil of currant, blackberry, plum and wild berry flavors, accented by subtle smoky-mocha-scented oak a...

About this Wine: M5 is a Chateauneuf-du-Pape style blend using five grape varieties from twelve of the highest quality vineyards in Santa Barbara County.

Cory Gowan: Shiny and dense, the very dark red turns to cherry at the rim. The fragrant nose features ample amounts of red flowers, dusty spice, and ripe strawberries. Delicious on the p...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of plum compote lead to cherry kirsch-like flavors in this intense and firmly tannic red. Shows a raw edge, crushed rock notes and some heat on the finish. Needs time. ...