Our take
F.J. Serra Cabernet Sauvignon
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Shelf barcode
- 0839728003075
Our take
What we make of this bottle
F.J. Serra Cabernet Sauvignon comes in a 750 ml bottle, a red made from the Cabernet Sauvignon grape. For the people behind it, Corks + Cheers lists F.J. Serra among its brands and names Juan Cerna as the brand's winemaker. We do not have a shopper rating for this wine.
Cabernet Sauvignon is a grape planted in many wine regions, and its wines often come out firmly built; it is common in red blends as well. Regional wine guides name black currant, cherry and plum as common fruit references, alongside noticeable tannin and possible spice from oak. By their account, ripeness, climate and winemaking can push a bottle lean and herbal in style or broad and fruit-led. The seller places this wine's origin at the state level, California, though no county or appellation is named; the regular price on record in our August 2026 checks was $15.88.
Corks + Cheers, which sells F.J. Serra, names its winemaker as Juan Cerna, a California native with a degree in molecular and cellular biology from UC Santa Cruz, whose winemaking career began in 1997 at Canandaigua Wine Company and later took him through Monterey Wine Co., Bronco in Napa, ASV and Oak Ridge Winery. The brand's own account ties its name to the California missions: Father Junipero Serra, it says, planted the first vineyards along the 600-mile El Camino Real trail from San Diego to Sonoma, and the label draws its inspiration from that history and the region's warm days and cool coastal breezes. The seller's own tasting notes describe “classic aromas of cassis, cherries, vanilla and a hint of chocolate” in a wine it calls full bodied, with “rich blackberry with vanilla oak”, the seller's words.
Our call: this is a low-cost way to try a Cabernet built to a familiar profile, cassis, cherry, vanilla and a touch of chocolate, by the seller's own description, from a winemaker with two decades in California cellars. Pass if you want a stated vineyard or appellation behind the fruit; neither this wine's vintage nor where in California the grapes grow is on record, and no shopper rating has reached us either.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Aug 17, 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$15.88
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Winemaker
Corks + Cheers lists FJ Serra Cabernet Sauvignon and names Juan Cerna as the brand's winemaker.
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 Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cabernet Sauvignon is a red grape grown in many wine regions. It often makes firmly built wines and is also a common part of red blends.
Category guide
What to expect in the glass
Regional authorities describe black currant, cherry and plum as common fruit references, with noticeable tannin and possible spice from oak. Ripeness, climate and winemaking can move the wine from lean and herbal to broad and fruit-led.
Sources: Napa Valley Vintners. Checked Aug 10, 2026. See all 163 Cabernet Sauvignon wines we cover →
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier. 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.