- You like vanilla, mocha and smoke in red wine
- A soft, bold party red is the assignment
- You want broad public approval at a mainstream price
The Grocery Store Wine verdict
Robert Mondavi Private Selection
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Cabernet Sauvignon
This is Cabernet translated into bourbon-barrel language: dark, sweet-spiced and deliberately smoky. Buy it for the treatment, not for vineyard detail or classic Cabernet restraint.
- Region
- California
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon-led blend
- The release we researched
- Current release
- Price context
- 10 exact store checks below
What it costs
Exact regular prices from dated store checks.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$14.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$14.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$14.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$15.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$13.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$15.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$15.49
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$20.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$17.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$17.99
Observed at specific stores; your store will vary. A price target, not an ad.
This is Cabernet translated into bourbon-barrel language: dark, sweet-spiced and deliberately smoky. Buy it for the treatment, not for vineyard detail or classic Cabernet restraint.
Our call uses producer and regional evidence, dated public ratings and the bottle’s position in the aisle. Price never enters the GSW Score.
- You want firm, dry Cabernet structure
- You dislike bourbon-barrel flavors
- You need blend and chemistry disclosure
Serve slightly cool, then let the glass warm enough to show its fruit and structure.
Match the bottle’s full red structure, sweetness and acidity to the food rather than to the label’s prestige.
The release and package behind our call.
We researched this release from the producer's own material and current retail listings. We haven't held this exact bottle yet — when we do, we'll say so.
Current product profile
- Retailer-supplied source identifier
- 0008600378021 retailer listing evidence
What to expect in the glass.
Region, production, chemistry and house style point to a clear sensory profile. This is the profile we would buy against.
Cabernet category and producer positioning
Producer flavor description
Producer flavor description
The stated barrel treatment
Understanding California without flattening it.
California on the label is useful provenance but weak terroir resolution. For these wines, sourcing disclosure, blend construction and house-style consistency carry more decision value than a generic climate paragraph.
A protected place
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.
The climate frame
The state spans cool maritime zones and hot inland valleys. A California designation alone does not reveal which conditions shaped the fruit.
What can be claimed
At state scale, sourcing and house-style construction matter more than any single soil story.
Scale, without the fog
- Reusable question
- Which counties or AVAs supplied the blend, and did that mix change by release?
Subregions worth tracking
- Resolution limit
- County, AVA and vineyard claims begin only when the release names them.
What is specific to this Current release bottle.
This is a barrel-treatment story more than a place story. The reviewed source establishes the bourbon-barrel brief, while blend, vintage and finished chemistry remain open.
Production
The wine is aged with bourbon-barrel influence; the current producer page does not publish the time, barrel proportion or finished chemistry.
Taste claim
Producer-stated blackberry, black cherry, praline, vanilla custard, mocha and smoke.
Robert Mondavi Private Selection
The named producer is established; current corporate ownership is not inferred beyond the reviewed producer material.
Robert Mondavi Private Selection launched in 1994 and marked its thirtieth anniversary by moving the range toward the Vint name.
The brand frames bourbon-barrel aging as an intentional flavor tool, emphasizing dark fruit, vanilla, mocha, smoke and sweet spice.
- Origin
- California; current source does not establish a narrower appellation partial
- Barrel treatment
- Bourbon barrel-aged; duration and barrel share not published on the reviewed page partial
- Package weights
- Kroger reported 2.74 lb gross and 2.78 lb net; net exceeds gross conflicted
- Ingredient statement
- Kroger supplied the literal text “NA”; it is not evidence that ingredients are absent conflicted
- Retailer-reported package
- 3.1 × 11.75 × 3.1 in; 2.74 lb gross; 2.78 lb net disclosed
What is still open.
Conflicts and missing evidence stay visible until a physical bottle or stronger source settles them.
- Source identifier
- The retailer-supplied source identifier fails a GTIN check-digit test and is not a certified physical barcode. disclosed
- Physical shelf match
- Not yet acquired; vintage, lot, importer and physical barcode remain unverified not found
- Artwork
- Approved artwork is missing. The page uses the reserved placeholder path. not found
- Retailer data conflict 1
- The retailer’s net package weight exceeds its gross weight. conflicted
- Retailer data conflict 2
- The literal ingredient text “NA” is ambiguous and is not treated as an absence claim. conflicted
Claims stay attached to evidence.
Every claim on this page shows where we found it and when we last checked. If we got something wrong, tell us — we fix it in public.
SourcePublisher / how strong the source isChecked
American Viticultural Areas ↗
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureauregulator
Robert Mondavi Private Selection release and producer record ↗
Robert Mondavi Private SelectionRelease, production, taste and producer facts
Dated retailer product record
KrogerPackage, identifier and data-quality checks
Kroger product rating ↗
Kroger4.52 / 5 from 1,055 ratings
Target product rating ↗
Target4.60 / 5 from 1,286 ratings
Total Wine product rating ↗
Total Wine4.50 / 5 from 421 ratings
Front, back, fine print.
The label, the barcode, and the fine print — captured so you can read what the bottle actually says.
- Primary retailer identifier
- 0008600378021
- Editorial status
- Verdict published
- Artwork class
- Clean packshot
- How much we know
- Region and release researched
