Save Water Drink Riesling Free
84/100
The short takeA nicely balanced nonalcoholic Riesling. The sweetness is noticeable, but lively acidity and a slight mineral edge keep it in proportion. A good fit for drinkers who enjoy a lightly sweet white.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve 10–12°C (estate product page).
Who it’s for Drinkers who enjoy a lightly sweet Riesling with bright acidity.
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TDS Wineprint
This pour · documented production
In the glass
- Nose
- Green apple and white peach are the defining aromas: a straightforward pairing of orchard fruit and stone fruit.
- Palate
- Juicy, with light sweetness set against lively Riesling acidity. Gentle carbonation gives the texture a little spritz. The balance works because the sweetness stays noticeable without making the wine feel heavy.
- Finish
- Bright and neat at the close, with a slight stony impression. The mineral edge keeps sweetness from having the final word.
Structure and likeness Show Hide
Structure
- Sweetness
- Off-dry
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Carbonation
- Light spritz
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
Riesling acidity and a slight mineral finish give the sweetness a recognizably wine-like balance.
The wine
Sweetness is noticeable in Allendorf Save Water Drink Riesling Free, but it does not weigh the glass down. The balance comes from lively Riesling acidity and a slight mineral edge, giving a juicy, lightly sweet palate enough contrast to stay bright. It is a Riesling for someone comfortable with a little sweetness rather than someone looking for an entirely dry white.
Green apple and white peach define the aroma. They make a straightforward introduction to a wine whose interest is in the relationship between fruit, sweetness and acidity. Gentle carbonation is part of the mouthfeel, adding a light spritz alongside the juicy texture. The acidity keeps that combination lively without requiring the sweetness to disappear.
The finish is bright and slightly stony. That mineral impression is modest, but it matters: sweetness is not the only impression left at the close. The appeal is this balance, not a claim to complexity or an attempt to hide the kind of wine it is. For a lightly sweet nonalcoholic Riesling, the acidity and mineral character do enough to keep the glass from feeling heavy.
84 is typical of the 19 dealcoholized Riesling bottles we've tasted.
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Research notes
The estate describes gentle dealcoholization without naming the equipment. The back label, read on 2026-10-01, identifies Riesling dealcoholized wine from Germany, Rheingau, containing less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. The nutrition panel lists 53 calories and 13 g carbohydrate per 8 oz serving; carbohydrate is not a sugar measurement.
Where to buy
- Weingut Allendorf
- Wine Sellers fact sheet
- Package
0.75 L
€7.00/0.75L (€9.33/L)
- Also listed
- Weingut Allendorf · Producer
- Wine Sellers fact sheet
- Availability
allendorf.de (DTC), Winesellers Ltd (US import), artisan.wine, Total Wine, ShopWineDirect (US), Falstaff (90.5 pts Dealcoholized Trophy 2025)
Availability is market-specific; a producer link does not establish shipping to every country. Prices and availability are independently observed and may change. Retailer listings do not imply endorsement. A different package is labeled as a different format. Reader-service exceptions and commercial links are identified above; neither affects scores, rankings, classification, verification, or editorial coverage.
Product facts
- Producer
- Weingut Allendorf
- Origin
Rheingau, Germany- Residual sugar
- 47.0 g/L
- Bottle / can
- 0.75 L
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- ABV: The displayed <0.5% follows the tasted bottle’s ceiling declaration. The importer’s exact residual is compatible with that ceiling but is not verified for this bottle; WineBarn’s exact figure remains a separate claim. No formulation change is inferred.
- Ingredients: The ingredient field follows the tasted bottle. The retailer separately lists grape must and names the sulfite additive; the differing wording does not establish a reformulation.
- Sugar: The displayed sugar is the importer figure. Acidity of 7.0 g/L agrees on both sheets.
- Style: The public style follows the estate. It is not labeled dry.
Evidence at a glance
- Bottle verified5 facts
- Producer documented4 facts
- Distributor sourced1 fact
- Unverified1 fact
Production record
2 core facts remain to be documented or rechecked.
- Classification
- Verified
- Method
- Undeclared
- ABV
- Ceiling declaration
- Origin
- Documented
- Record
- Has open discrepancy
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Bottle / can label Bottle label
- ABV (sources disagree)
- Production
- Ingredients (sources disagree)
- Calories
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
4 notes
- ABV
- Back-label photographs supplied by the editor and read on 2026-10-01 state contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
- Production
- The photographed back label states Riesling dealcoholized wine. It does not name removal equipment.
- Calories
- The serving basis is retained without conversion.
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- Barcode recorded from packaging or producer listing
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2 notes
- Method
- Opened 2026-10-24. Estate page still says schonende Entalkoholisierung. Method stays Undeclared.
- Country
- Producer product page spec: Land Deutschland. Same page also prints Lage Rheingau.
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
- ReviewedReviewed and published.
- UpdatedCatalog record updated from sourced research.
- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from 0.05% to <0.5%. Replaced the importer sheet’s exact residual with the tasted bottle’s less-than declaration. Previous source claims are retained in discrepancies.
- OpenDiscrepancyABV, Ingredients, Sugar, and Style.