Cabernet category and house positioning
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 to expect in the glass.
Here is the style this wine is meant to have, based on its region and how it was made.
Producer description
Producer description and disclosure gap
Two dated retailer rating inputs
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 several pours over more than one occasion
- A soft, familiar Cabernet profile is enough
- The 3-liter format fits the gathering
- 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.
Getting to know California.
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.
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.
About this bottling
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.
Winemaking
The reviewed producer material did not publish fermentation, oak, blend percentages or finished chemistry for the current 3-liter box.
Taste
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 well established
- Nutrition
- Kroger reported 120 calories per 5 fl oz serving reported by the store
- Blend and vintage
- Not found for the exact current 3-liter package in reviewed producer material not published
- Reported by the store package
- 5.25 × 9.38 × 5.25 in; 7.17 lb gross and net reported by the store
Where this information comes from.
We researched this release from the producer's own material and current store listings. We haven't held this exact bottle yet. When we do, we'll say so.
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.
