Pinot Noir Rosé
78/100
The short takePleasant and easy-drinking — strawberry and raspberry with a light citrus edge — but fairly straightforward and a little sweet for a Pinot Noir rosé.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
In the glass
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Nose
Strawberry and raspberry open first, with a light citrus lift at the edge. Soft and open rather than loud — fruit first, no spice line.
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Palate
Soft and fruity through the middle. Lightly sweet, with mild acidity that keeps the berry from turning sticky. Straightforward: the fruit is clear, the frame is thin, and there is little tannin or mineral to argue with the sugar.
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Finish
Simple and clean. Berry fades quickly without bitterness, pith, or length — gone before the glass asks for another idea.
How wine-like is it?
Reads as a soft, fruity pink more than a structured Pinot Noir rosé — berry first, mild acid, short and clean.
Structure
- Off-dry
- Moderate acidity
- No tannin
- Light body
- Short finish
- Still
The wine
Strawberry and raspberry open soft, with a light citrus edge that keeps the nose from reading as candy. Nothing sharp. Nothing complex. The pour is ready to please — a pink that announces fruit before it announces ambition.
On the palate the fruit stays in charge. Soft, lightly sweet, mild acid underneath rather than a bright cut. It is easy and a little sweet. The frame is thin: no tannin, no mineral line, no bitterness to argue with the berry. That is also why it works as a weeknight pink. You are not wrestling structure. You are drinking soft red fruit that stays clean, and the sweetness sits under the fruit rather than on top of it.
What it does not do is pretence. There is no oak suggestion, no dry finish pretending the residual sugar is not there, no length that turns a simple glass into a talking point. After a few sips the pattern is clear: berry, mild acid, short exit. Pleasant. Straightforward. A little sweet.
The finish is short and simple. Berry fades without stickiness or a medicinal close. Chill it hard; an everyday glass is enough. Reach for it when you want an easy pink and will not mind that the glass ends before it argues.
How to drink it
Well chilled, everyday white-wine glass.
Who it’s for
An easy chilled pink when you want soft berry and do not need a dry dare.
The bottle
Evidence Bottle verified
Gentle dealcoholisation under vacuum. Cold extraction of aromas, reintegrated into the dealcoholised base (Gueule de Joie technical description).
Research notes
US back label: Produced in France; bottled by Les Grands Chais de France at 67290 Petersbach, France; imported by Buffalo Peak Selections, New York, NY; less than 0.49% alcohol by volume; 750 ml; dealcoholized Pinot Noir wine with rectified concentrated grape must; 35 kcal and 7 g sugars per 5 fl oz (150 ml); UPC recorded in identifiers; lot L60227207.
Where to buy
- Weinkellerei Hechtsheim
- Package
750 ml
- Typical price
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€7.11 / 750 ml
- Also listed
- Appalina — Weinkellerei Hechtsheim · Producer
- Availability
US specialty retail including Better Rhodes; European retail including Gueule de Joie (FR)
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
- Les Grands Chais de France
- Origin
- Rheinhessen, Germany, France
- Base beverage
- Pinot Noir rosé, fermented then dealcoholized
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
Sources disagree on Country, Producer, ABV, Ingredients, Calories, and Sugar.
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Country: US bottle in hand prints Produced in France. Hechtsheim and Gueule de Joie print Germany. France retained for this SKU; Germany retained as a conflicting claim.
- Producer: Bottler on the US label is Les Grands Chais de France. The Appalina brand site is Weinkellerei Hechtsheim. Both retained.
- ABV: Canonical ceiling stays <0.5%. The US label prints the tighter 0.49% line.
- Ingredients: US panel has no natural flavourings line and names grape must plus stabilisers. EU retailer list is shorter. US label retained for this bottle.
- Calories: US serving panel and EU per-100 ml figure are different bases; both retained. US panel is primary for this bottle.
- Sugar: Different reporting bases. US panel is primary for this bottle.
Evidence at a glance
- Bottle verified10 facts
- Retailer sourced3 facts
Sources
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- Country (sources disagree)
- Producer (sources disagree)
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- Upc
4 notes
- Production
- Front and back labels read DEALCOHOLIZED WINE.
- Country
- See discrepancies for Germany claims.
- Producer
- US back label: Bottled by Les Grands Chais de France at 67290 Petersbach, France. Imported by Buffalo Peak Selections, New York, NY.
- Upc
- UPC-A recorded from the US back label into identifiers.
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2 notes
- Method
- US label does not name the machine.
- Price
- Bottle purchased from Better Rhodes; dollar shelf price not recorded.
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.
- Fact corrected · CountryCorrected from Germany to France. US back label of the tasted bottle prints Produced in France; bottled by Les Grands Chais de France at Petersbach. Germany remains in discrepancies from Hechtsheim / Gueule de Joie.
- Fact corrected · ProducerCorrected from Weinkellerei Hechtsheim to Les Grands Chais de France. US back label names Les Grands Chais de France as bottler. Hechtsheim remains in discrepancies as the brand site.
- OpenDiscrepancyCountry, Producer, ABV, Ingredients, Calories, and Sugar.