Bonterra Cabernet Sauvignon California Red Wine

Cabernet Sauvignon is a red grape grown across many wine regions, and regional authorities say it tends to make firm, sturdy reds. They point to black currant, cherry, and plum as the fruits to expect, with tannin you can feel and a hint of spice when the wine sees oak. They add that how ripe the grapes get, and what happens in the cellar, can carry the same grape from lean and herbal to round and fruit-forward. This one comes from California, though we do not have a confirmed producer account for this bottle. One store had it as low as $13.99 in our September 2026 checks.

Another store asked $20.49 in those same September 2026 checks, so the checked price differed from one location to the next. The shopper rating on the store listing averages 4.96 out of five, from 23 ratings.

New research since that gap was noted fills part of it: Bonterra's own account says the company planted its first certified organic vineyard in Mendocino County, California in 1987 and released its first organic vintage in 1990; today the producer holds California Certified Organic Farmers, Certified B Corporation and Regenerative Organic Certified status, and by its own account is the world's largest winery to hold that last certification. On its Cabernet Sauvignon lineup page, the producer describes a California appellation bottling, the one the page states matches this grocery listing, with tasting notes of 'blackcurrant and cherries layered over rich tobacco, leather and graphite,' the producer's words. That same lineup page also lists a separate Mendocino County Estate Cabernet, and the producer's individual product page for the California bottling names its fruit as 'California (Mendocino County, Hopland),' blurring the line between the two tiers the brand's own catalog otherwise keeps apart. We treat that as an open question rather than a confirmed match, so the estate-level winemaking detail that page also publishes, such as barrel-aging months and new-oak percentage, is held back here until the tier is confirmed against the physical label.

Our call: it suits the shopper who steers by scores, since the average lands above the middle of the rated wines we cover, and Bonterra's own organic-farming history, dating to a 1987 planting, gives the brand behind the label real substance. Pass if you want that account pinned to this exact bottle and tier: the producer's own pages describe both a California appellation Cabernet and a separate Mendocino County Estate Cabernet, and its individual product page blurs the two, so we cannot yet confirm which tier this listing matches.

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