Judges Choice at International Value Wine Awards.

The 2005 Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is also mostly from Sonoma. A deep ruby-colored wine with a pure cassis nose intermixed with some lead pencil, spice, and earth...but shows high potential and needs 2-3 years of cellaring.

A good dose of well-defined currants and lots of rich oak come together nicely in the nose and generous flavors of this precisely drawn young Cabernet, and, while never less than fully ripe, it is firmed by a fine spine of tannin that counters a brief sensation of softness to start. A big wine, but never an unrestrained blunderbuss, it is built for improvement and looks good to go for another four or five years of age.

It offers attractive notes of black currants, cedar, spice box, licorice and toasty oak.

Complex, weaving together ripe plum, blackberry, mineral, sage and tea notes, elegantly balanced, long and flavorful on the finish.

A sweet attack with smoky, toasty oak, and ripe black raspberry and cherry fruit. Medium to full-bodied, with decent acidity, and a well-defined personality, it should drink well for 5-7 years.

Purplish ruby. Medium-bodied. Balanced acidity. Highly extracted. Quite tannic. Chocolate, black pepper, black fruit. A velvety, supple wine with lovely spice character and a sweet impression. Tannins provide good grip in the finish. Near term cellaring is suggested.

Has a wonderful sense of harmony and finesse, with spicy, peppery cherry and raspberry flavors playing off toasty, buttery oak notes. Fine balance, crisp acidity and a long, fruity finish. Tasty now, but should hold well through 1998.

Boysenberry and chocolate flavors flood the taste buds as this full-bodied and broad-textured wine fills the mouth with richness. It tastes lush and ripe, feels smooth and almost soft.

Roadworthy. That's what I like to call a wine that's available across the fifty states, one that I can pop into a market just about anywhere and find when I'm out on the road and enjoy with a take out sandwich or pizza. This could be the most reliable line in America. The Zin features bright spicy berry fruit, mouthwatering acidity and a medium long finish that brings a nice black pepper bite forward. Restaurant buyer alert -- this is solid BTG material.

Smooth and juicy with black raspberry sweet vanilla oak; generous and fresh, long and balanced.

Fresh in zingy, ripe blackberry flavor, this well-made Zin has firm tannins and a dollop of peppery spice on the finish.

Medium red-ruby. Raspberry, cherry, lead pencil and mint on the nose. Silky and rather soft in the mouth, with attractive, sweet flavors of red fruits and spices. Finishes with dusty tannins.

"Long on ripeness and evocative of sweet berries throughout its length, this full and fairly luscious wine hangs onto varietal fruit where many of its alcoholic ilk do not, and its appealing spice further helps it stave off the jammy simplicity and dullness that can come with its late-harvest style. It shows a fair degree of heat at the end, yet it is always well-structured and had sufficient tannins to argue for another few years of cellaring.

Bright, juicy and spicy with clean, off-dry flavors of peach and citrus; clean, nervy and long.

Smooth and off-dry with peach, apricot and pear; fresh and juicy with bright style and tangy acidity; bright and long.

Generous and juicy with apricot and peach fruit; sweet and rich with ripe flavors and a long, dense finish.

Good Value. Among the better white wine values to come our way in some time, this moderately sweet, well-balanced bottling is absolutely bursting with juicy, optimally ripened peaches. It goes beyond simple sweetness, however, and shows complexing suggestions of honey and marzipan, and it is enlivened by keenly fit acids all the way through. It will make a most amicable quaff when well chilled, but its richness and depth point the way to service with milder curries and shellfish in spicy sauces.

Citrus highlights spike a nose of pear and apricot. Vanilla character comes up with air and becomes more influential on the creamy, full palate. Big, satisfying, and in the classic K-J style.

Platinum color. Moderately light-bodied. Balanced acidity. Moderately extracted. Tropical fruits, strawberries, citrus, kiwi. Very pretty, fragrant nose. Nice fruit flavors are balanced with uplifting acidity. Almost silky-creamy in the mouth. Nice crispness in the finish.

Fragrant scents of yellow herbs and chamomile, flower blossoms and pollen give this clean wine a light touch. Match its honeyed spice to a spring salad of beets and arugula.

Platinum color. Moderately light-bodied. Balanced acidity. Moderately extracted. Tropical fruits, strawberries, citrus, kiwi. Very pretty, fragrant nose. Nice fruit flavors are balanced with uplifting acidity. Almost silky-creamy in the mouth. Nice crispness in the finish.

This wine shows the presence of excellent fruit, which is expressed on the tropical side with herbal notes, and with excellent acidity. It's immensely pleasant to drink at a fair price, and that's what makes K-J so successful.

Medium straw color. Medium-bodied. Balanced acidity. Highly extracted. Figs, tart tropical fruit, grapefruit. Fully extracted flavors with firm backbone and mildly astringent long finish. This has the weight and strength of flavors to partner richer foods. Full, assertive style.