Pendulum is a collaboration with Allen Shoup (Long Shadows), and that, plus the fact that this 1,500-case red wine is a mix of eight different varieties, suggests that it is crafted from barrels that did not make the final blend for Long Shadows. There is plenty of expensive, toasty new oak in the nose, cedar and smoke and black olive also, but the wine doesn’t really have any focus. Pleasant, especially for the new oak. ——P.G.(12/15/2005)—— 87