19 Crimes Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine

Ownership is easy to pin down here: on its own terms-and-conditions page, 19 Crimes says the brand and its website belong to Treasury Wine Estates. That settles who owns the label, not how the wine tastes. If price is guiding your choice, the Cabernet lands at the lower end of the reds we track, at a low of $9.99 and a high of $16.99 across ten stores in our September 2026 checks.

On the store listing, the shopper rating averages 5 out of five, the top of a five-point scale.

The grape is Cabernet Sauvignon. Wine authorities describe it as a firmly built red and a frequent partner in blends, naming black currant, cherry and plum among its common fruit references, with noticeable tannin and possible spice from oak. They add that ripeness, climate and winemaking can push it to either end, leaner and herbal or broader and fruit-led. That is the grape in general, not a taste we can vouch for in this bottle.

One thing tempers that perfect score: the number of shopper ratings so far is 1.

19 Crimes takes its name from a list of 19 offenses that, under British law, could send a convict to the Australian penal colony instead of the gallows, and the producer's own materials put one of those convicts on each bottle. On this bottle it is Michael Harrington, described as 'a British conscript turned infamous convict,' credited with helping stage the 1876 Catalpa Rescue, when he and six others crossed rough seas in a small rowboat to reach a waiting American whaling ship and escape custody. The same product page describes the wine itself as 'firm and full with a rich mouthfeel,' with aromas of 'dark berries, violets and vanilla,' the producer's words; it does not list a growing region or an alcohol percentage.

Our call: worth a look for the price and the story: it lands at the lower end of the reds we track, and the producer names the specific convict, Michael Harrington, and the Catalpa Rescue behind this bottle's label. Pass if you want the shopper average to carry real weight; 1 rating so far, a perfect 5, is a start, not a track record.

The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.