Rosé
78/100
The short takeThe bottle that occupies the value slot in most nonalcoholic wine collections — a fruity German rosé that does its job for around ten dollars, without ever pretending to more.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Well chilled.
Who it’s for Day drinking, picnics, the glass you pour at 4pm because it's 0.5%.
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In the glass
- Nose
- Watermelon and cherry, with a soft red-berry lift.
- Palate
- Simple and cheerful — berry fruit up front, gentle acidity, a touch of sweetness that keeps it easy.
- Finish
- Short and clean; more refreshment than structure.
Structure and likeness Show Hide
Structure
- Sweetness
- Off-dry
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Finish length
- Short finish
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
Friendly pink fruit, not a structured rosé. Watermelon and cherry up front, gentle acid, a touch of sweetness. It refreshes, stays simple, and the close is clean and short.
The wine
Ambition stops early: a short, clean close that offers more refreshment than hold.
Before that brief exit, watermelon and cherry open with a soft red-berry lift — cheerful aromatics, nothing deep. The sip is simple and bright enough: berry fruit up front, gentle acidity, a touch of sweetness that keeps it easy. Off-dry, short finish, no bitter edge, no long line to argue with. The berry is pleasant; it just does not stay. Watermelon leads; cherry and red berry fill in behind without adding a second act or a darker fruit note.
Well chilled, it does the job of a cold pink pour — fruit first, sweetness soft, then gone. The flaw is not a fault note; it is how quickly the berry leaves after that cheerful open. Watermelon, cherry, red berry, gentle acid, a clean short close. Reach for it cold when refreshment matters more than length, and do not ask the ending to do more than it offers. Cheerful, simple, and honest about being a short glass: bright enough for the first sip, quiet after the second. Cold pink fruit, gentle sweetness, clean exit — that is the whole pour, and well chilled is the only serve that helps it.
78 is typical of the 33 dealcoholized Rosé bottles we've tasted.
The bottle
Trade record, where to buy, and product facts.
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Research notes
Vivino lists the wine as 'Be Free De-Alcoholised Rosé,' and a retailer listing describes 'a gentle de-alcoholisation method'; the specific named technology is not published. Peter Mertes KG says on its company page that it operates its own vacuum distillation plant for dealcoholization; it does not tie Be Free to that plant, so the technique stays undeclared.
Where to buy
- Package
750 ml
109,95 SEK (75 cl) — Supervin
- Also listed
- Supervin
- Availability
Total Wine & More (US); European retailers including Supervin (SE/DK)
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Product facts
- Producer
- Peter Mertes (manufacturer: Peter Mertes KG, Bernkastel-Kues, Mosel, Germany)
- Origin
- Mosel, Germany
- Residual sugar
- 47.2 g/L
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml (75 cl retail listings)
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- Distributor sourced1 fact
- Retailer sourced8 facts
- Historical documentation1 fact
- Unverified2 facts
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- Production
- Supervin: gentle dealcoholization (varsam avalkoholisering) of selected wines.
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- Producer
- Unable to re-verify on 2026-10-03.
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- Barcode recorded from packaging or producer listing Unable to re-verify on 2026-10-10.
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