Our take
Kendall-Jackson Low Calorie Chardonnay California White Wine
- Style
- White wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Grape
- Chardonnay
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0081584014294
Our take
What we make of this bottle
This bottle is a Chardonnay from California, sold under a low-calorie label. 4 shoppers have rated it, putting it at 4.25 out of five. On price it lands among the more affordable whites we have priced: in our September 2026 checks the lowest price we noted was $12.99, and another store had it at $22.99.
Kendall-Jackson describes itself as family grown since 1982 and places its Wine Estate and Gardens on Fulton Road in Santa Rosa, California.
Chardonnay is a white grape made into both still and sparkling wine, and it can be kept off oak for a lighter shape or given time in oak for more body and a rounder texture. Category guides expect citrus and apple flavors out of cooler vineyards and stone or tropical fruit out of riper ones, with oak able to add toast and a fuller feel when the winemaker goes that way.
Kendall-Jackson publishes a technical sheet for each vintage, and the 2023 sheet is specific: the fruit is sourced roughly 45 percent from Santa Barbara County, 29 percent from Monterey County and 26 percent from Mendocino County, at 9 percent alcohol, with 85 calories and 3 grams of carbohydrate per 5-ounce serving and no sugar. The winemaking notes for that vintage state a brief three months of time in oak, split between older French and American oak; the prior year's own sheet describes a longer stretch, 78 percent barrel-fermented in neutral French and American oak, so the exact treatment shifts some from vintage to vintage. Wine Enthusiast named the 2023 vintage a Best Buy at 93 points, reviewer Tonya Pitts, in September 2024, per the producer's own account; that sheet's tasting notes describe tropical mango and papaya with delicate white flowers.
Our call: a strong pick if a recent, independent 93-point score matters to you; Wine Enthusiast named the 2023 vintage a Best Buy, and Kendall-Jackson backs that up with a full technical sheet naming exact appellations, alcohol and calorie counts for each vintage it publishes. Pass if you want a stable recipe you can count on repeating: the fruit sourcing and oak treatment both shift from one vintage's sheet to the next, so what is in the bottle this year is not exactly what earned that score.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.
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Read our take →The prices we checked
Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$18.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$12.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$18.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$22.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$16.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$15.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$16.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Founding and estate location
Kendall-Jackson says it has been family grown since 1982, and its Wine Estate & Gardens is located at 5007 Fulton Road in Santa Rosa, California.
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.