Bread & Butter Cabernet Sauvignon California Red Wine

Can a California Cabernet really cost this little? Among the reds we track, its lowest price is one of the lowest we see, so if you are watching what you spend, it is an easy one to reach for. In our September 2026 checks, the lowest observed price was $10.99. On the store listing, 2 shoppers have rated it. The average is 4.5 out of five.

Cabernet Sauvignon is the grape, and the name alone does not tell you how the wine will taste. Guides that describe it point to black currant, cherry and plum as fruit flavors that often come up, with noticeable tannin and, where oak is used, possible spice. Those same guides note that ripeness, the climate where the vines grow, and choices in the winery can steer a Cabernet toward the lean and herbal or the broad and full of fruit. In those same September 2026 checks, the highest observed price was $20.99. The producer, Bread & Butter Wines, names 3105 Silverado Trail in Napa, California as its home and the site of its tasting room.

Bread & Butter's product page for the 2023 vintage lists 13.5 percent alcohol and describes the wine, in its own words, as mocha, fresh berries, blackcurrant and black pepper alongside toasted oak and vanilla, with 'round and soft' tannins finishing smooth. The page also displays a 90-point score with a review quote, but our capture of the page did not carry the reviewing publication's name, so we note the score without attributing it to a specific outlet. The winemaker behind the Everyday Wines line, Linda Trotta, is a UC Davis-trained veteran with more than 30 years of experience across four continents who began her career on a harvest internship at Santa Margherita in Italy's Veneto region and was later named the North Bay Business Journal's 2018 Napa Valley Winemaker of the Year, per the producer's own winemaker bio.

Our call: this suits a price-conscious shopper looking for a California Cabernet, since its lowest checked price lands among the least expensive reds we track and the producer backs it with a named, credentialed winemaker and a published ABV and tasting profile. Pass if an attributed critic score matters to you: the 90-point review quoted on the producer's own page does not name its publication in our record, so it stands as the producer's own selected praise rather than confirmed independent coverage.

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