Kendall-Jackson Low Calorie Sauvignon Blanc California White Wine

Sauvignon Blanc names the grape here, and official guides call it a white usually made dry, with fresh acidity and a clear aroma. The name also carries the words "low calorie"; Kendall-Jackson's current product page has since renamed this wine "Light" on its site, though the producer's own marketing copy calls it "the same great low-calorie wine" under the new name, and the shop's own site navigation still files it under a "Low Calorie" category. Kendall-Jackson says it has been family grown since 1982, with its Wine Estate and Gardens in Santa Rosa, California.

For flavor, those guides point to citrus and green herbs at the fresh end and riper, more tropical fruit as the grape ripens, with gooseberry among the notes they list. In our September 2026 checks it was priced between $12.99 and $18.99, toward the cheaper side of the whites we cover.

The producer states real numbers behind the low-calorie claim: 85 calories, 3 grams of carbohydrates and no sugar in a 5-ounce glass, from a wine finished at 9 percent alcohol, well under the roughly 12 to 14 percent typical of most table wines, which is the mechanism behind the lower calorie count. The producer lists the composition as 98 percent Sauvignon Blanc and 2 percent Chardonnay, fermented entirely in stainless steel, with fruit sourced 98 percent from Lake County and 2 percent from Monterey County.

Our call: pick it if verified low-calorie numbers are what you are shopping for; the producer states 85 calories and zero grams of sugar per glass plainly, tied to a stated 9 percent alcohol level and a 98 percent Sauvignon Blanc, 2 percent Chardonnay blend. Pass if a shopper rating matters to you; none has reached our record for this bottle, so the producer's own nutrition claim is what you are buying on.

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