Our take
1883 by Wente Vineyards Chardonnay California White Wine
- Style
- White wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Grape
- Chardonnay
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0089636366674
Our take
What we make of this bottle
The brand name, 1883, is a year. Wente Vineyards says its family winery was founded in California's Livermore Valley in 1883, so the figure marks the start of the company rather than anything about this bottle of Chardonnay. Chardonnay is a white grape, and grape guides note it can be poured young without oak to stay light or fermented and rested in oak to gain body, so its character leans on how ripe the grapes were and what the cellar decided to do.
Those same guides link the cooler-grown fruit to citrus and apple and the riper fruit to stone fruit, and they add that time in oak can bring a hint of toast when the winemaker wants it, a range that this wine's early shopper score of 5 out of five, with the count of ratings so far at 1, cannot pin down on its own. The single regular price on record was $17.88 in our August 2026 checks.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Aug 11, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.
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Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Store listing$17.88
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Winery history
Wente Vineyards says its family winery was founded in Livermore Valley in 1883.
Research status
What we are still checking
Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.
Getting to know California.
California on the label is useful provenance but weak detail about place. For these wines, sourcing disclosure, blend construction and house-style consistency carry more decision value than a generic climate paragraph.
What the name means
A state-level appellation, broader than an individual American Viticultural Area. It permits a multi-region blend and does not by itself identify one climate or soil.
How grapes grow here
The state spans cool maritime zones and hot inland valleys. A California designation alone does not reveal which conditions shaped the fruit.
What lies under the vines
At state scale, sourcing and house-style construction matter more than any single soil story.
How large the region is
- Reusable question
- Which counties or AVAs supplied the blend, and did that mix change by release?
Places within the region
- Resolution limit
- County, AVA and vineyard claims begin only when the release names them.
Getting to know Chardonnay.
Chardonnay is a white grape used for still and sparkling wine. It can be made without oak for a lighter shape or fermented and aged in oak for more weight.
Category guide
What to expect in the glass
Official category guides place citrus and apple at the cooler end and stone fruit or tropical fruit in riper examples. Oak and time on the spent yeast can add toast, spice and a rounder texture, but those features are winemaking choices rather than a guarantee.
Sources: New Zealand Winegrowers; Napa Valley Vintners. Checked Aug 10, 2026. See all 116 Chardonnay wines we cover →
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier, and shopper rating. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
- Method
- Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.