- You need several pours over more than one occasion
- A soft, familiar Cabernet profile is enough
- The 3-liter format fits the gathering
The Grocery Store Wine verdict
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi
Cabernet Sauvignon Box
Woodbridge’s box is a utility choice first: four bottles of soft California Cabernet in a format built for repeat pours. It works when convenience matters more than release precision.
- Region
- California
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- The release we researched
- Non-vintage
- Price context
- 2 exact store checks below
What it costs
Exact regular prices from dated store checks.
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$18.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$21.99
Observed at specific stores; your store will vary. A price target, not an ad.
Woodbridge’s box is a utility choice first: four bottles of soft California Cabernet in a format built for repeat pours. It works when convenience matters more than release precision.
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 need vintage and blend precision
- You want firm tannin or regional detail
- You will not keep the opened box cool
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.
Non-vintage profile
- Retailer-supplied source identifier
- 0008600382095 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 house positioning
Producer description
Producer description and disclosure gap
Two dated retailer rating inputs
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 Non-vintage bottle.
The exact 3-liter package is the dossier’s anchor. The format equals four standard bottles, while blend composition, open-life testing and current-vintage identity remain unproved.
Production
The reviewed producer material did not publish fermentation, oak, blend percentages or finished chemistry for the current 3-liter box.
Taste claim
Producer material positions the Cabernet around dark fruit, spice and a smooth finish.
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi
The named producer is established; current corporate ownership is not inferred beyond the reviewed producer material.
Robert Mondavi founded Woodbridge in Lodi in 1979 as an accessible California wine range.
The 3-liter bag-in-box format is designed for repeated pours; the public wine page describes a fruit-forward Cabernet house style but publishes limited box-specific technical detail.
- Format
- 3-liter box, equivalent to four 750 ml bottles established
- Nutrition
- Kroger reported 120 calories per 5 fl oz serving disclosed
- Blend and vintage
- Not found for the exact current 3-liter package in reviewed producer material not found
- Retailer-reported package
- 5.25 × 9.38 × 5.25 in; 7.17 lb gross and 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
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
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi release and producer record ↗
Woodbridge by Robert MondaviRelease, production, taste and producer facts
Dated retailer product record
KrogerPackage, identifier and data-quality checks
Kroger product rating ↗
Kroger4.36 / 5 from 210 ratings
Total Wine product rating ↗
Total Wine4.40 / 5 from 302 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
- 0008600382095
- Editorial status
- Verdict published
- Artwork class
- Clean packshot
- How much we know
- Region and release researched
