Be Free Chardonnay
77/100
How we scoreVerdict
Editorial VerdictTropical and soft — lychee, peach, and pineapple lead a lightly sweet sip that finishes short-medium and peachy. Easy fruit with modest ambition.
Verified facts
Evidence: Retailer sourced · 3 sources
- Sourced ABV <0.5% Retail listing
- Sourced Classification Dealcoholized Retail listing
- Undeclared Method Technique undeclared Not disclosed
- Sourced Origin Germany Cited source
At a glance
- Flavor profile
- Lychee
- Peach
- Pineapple
- Structure
- Off-dry
- Moderate acidity
- No tannin
- Light body
- Medium finish
- Still
Tasting notes
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Nose
Lychee, peach, and pineapple — tropical fruit first, with peach staying soft and floral around the edges.
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Palate
Soft, fruity, lightly sweet through the middle. Peach and pineapple carry the sip; the sweetness sits under the fruit rather than on top, without a sharp acid cut.
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Finish
Short-medium — tropical fruit fading into a peachy close, gone before it argues for structure.
The wine
Tropical fruit does the talking. Lychee and peach open with pineapple behind them — soft, fruity, lightly sweet, and gone before the glass pretends toward structure.
Pale straw under a white screw cap with a thin red collar. The nose is lychee first, then peach and pineapple — tropical rather than orchard Chardonnay. On the palate the fruit stays soft and lightly sweet; peach and pineapple carry the middle without a sharp acid cut or oak frame. Short-medium finish fades tropical into peachy and stops. Technique undeclared; the Be Free line is dealcoholized German wine under a half-percent ceiling. At this price band it sits with the other Be Free whites: easy fruit, modest ambition, no betrayal into bitterness. Chill it, pour it for people who want tropical softness without a dare, and do not ask it to be Giesen or Isabel.
How to drink it
Chilled, everyday white-wine glass.
How it was made
Classification Dealcoholized
Evidence status Retailer sourced
Front label: BE FREE · CHARDONNAY · 750ml · NON-ALCOHOLIC. Vivino lists Be Free Dealcoholized Chardonnay; named removal technology unpublished. Evidence normalization 2026-09-21: verified:yes lowered — production_type provenance secondary (Vivino); dealcoholized type retained.
Product record history
Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
Product record history
- Reviewed and published.
- Abv — Sourced check for abv.
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Sources
Product facts are only as strong as their sources. Editorial tasting notes are opinion.
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Verified facts
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Vivino dealcoholized listing; named technology unpublished. verified:no.
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Polish retail listing <0.5%; front label NON-ALCOHOLIC. Printed as <0.5%.
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Bottle / can label
Front label: 750ml.
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