Pinot Noir World Series

Pinot Noir World Series

Pinot Noir World Series

World Series

World Series!

Ruby. Moderately full-bodied. Balanced acidity. Highly extracted. Moderately oaked. Moderately tannic. Currants, black cherries, chocolate. Smooth, supple, and rich on the palate, this exhibiting excellent ripeness of fruit and a long, flavorful finish. Drinking well now, but will develop nicely.

Purplish ruby. Medium-bodied. Balanced acidity. Highly extracted. Heavily oaked. Moderately tannic. Vanilla, cassis, herbs. Lively and complex, with an excellent aromatic character and a gorgeous sweet oak overlay. Eschews the strong herbaceous notes often associated with Cabernet Franc.

Pinot Noir World Series

Serves up lots of ripe, zesty flavor---an array of cranberry, cherry, anise and cedar. Finish shows a nice interplay of fruit and light oak shadings.

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.

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.

Pinot Noir World Series

Deep purplish ruby. Medium-bodied. Balanced acidity. Moderately extracted, oaked and tannic. Hint of sweetness. Berries, chocolate, cassis. Nicely integrated, showing good weight and balance. Opens up quickly in the glass and lingers well with faint sweet notes in the finish.

The fatter, more monolithic 1994 Semillon Vintner's Reserve offers a fleshy mouthful of wine. It would be ideal with grilled salmon.

Dark, intense and tannic, but the tannins are smooth and polished, allowing the ample currant, chocolate, anise, cedar and spice flavors to pour through. Drinks well now but cellaring into 1997 or '98 should add dimension.

Good. Ripe and fruity, with an elegant core of pear, honey, spice and apple flavors that linger on the finish.

Fresh and spicy, a simple, fruity wine with bright, citrusy flavors that last and last on the lively finish.

Fresh and citrusy. A lively wine with refreshing grapefruit and floral flavors.

A vioginer structured like a big, ultraripe chardonnay, with lots of oaky and buttery aromas and flavors. Fruit shows lime and orange.

Smelling nicely of plump cherries and chocolate, this viscous, very supple wine relies heavily on oak and ripeness as its two legs of support. More suggestive than explicit in its delivery of fruit, it is always generous in the things it does have and stays tasty despite the presence of latter-palate heat. Serve it with the likes of braised lamb shanks or Boeuf Bourguignon.

The complex, concentrated aromas are simply brimming sweet oak while still showing bouncy fruit qualities. Rich on the palate without ever edging toward heaviness despite its ample girth, the wine delivers a handsome array of black cherry and currant fruit in its appealing oak-enriched flavors. Noticeably tannic yet supple underneath, this generous wine will age well for half a decade or more.

Deep ruby with purple rim. Moderately full-bodied. Balanced acidity. Highly extracted. Quite tannic. Smoke, black fruit. Powerful oak and tannins dominate the fruit in this intense, mouthdrying style.

"Very direct peach and spicy apple flavors are appealing, though atypical of Sauvignon Blanc." (Also appeared 8/1/96).

Blackish purple. Full-bodied. Balanced acidity. Highly extracted. Quite tannic. Berries, vanilla, smoke. Aromas of crushed, superripe berries persist in this boldly structured red. Amazingly concentrated and already developing the subtleties that will make it magnificent in a few years.

Deep ruby. Moderately full-bodied. Balanced acidity. Moderately extracted. Quite tannic. Smoked meat, herbs, dried black fruit. Firmly structured, with aromatic smoky oak notes and a long, dry finish. A distinctive style for hearty lamb and beef dishes.