Be Well Chardonnay
78/100
How we scoreVerdict
Editorial VerdictSoft and rounded rather than sharp, with golden apple and pear carrying a light honey note into vanilla-oak. Easy weeknight Chardonnay weight without turning syrupy.
Verified facts
Evidence: Producer documented · 3 sources
- Sourced ABV <0.5% Bottle
- Sourced Classification Dealcoholized Producer documentation
- Sourced Method Spinning cone Producer documentation
- Sourced Origin California, United States Retail listing
At a glance
- Flavor profile
- Apple
- Pear
- Honey
- Vanilla
- Oak
- Structure
- Off-dry
- Moderate acidity
- No tannin
- Medium body
- Medium finish
- Still
Tasting notes
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Nose
Golden apple and pear with a clear honey note — orchard fruit first, sweetness already in the aroma before the sip.
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Palate
Soft and rounded, lightly sweet through the middle. Vanilla-oak fills without turning heavy; apple and pear stay in charge, the sweet edge checked rather than syrupy.
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Finish
Medium length — apple and vanilla trail off together, the oak fading before the fruit does.
The wine
The middle is where this lands. Soft, rounded, lightly sweet — vanilla-oak fills the space without a butter bomb or a candy fade. Golden apple and pear do the work; honey is already on the sniff.
Orchard fruit opens clean: golden apple, pear, a honey edge that telegraphs the off-dry register before the sip. The pour is pale gold in clear glass under a silver screw cap. On the palate the fruit stays in charge while oak and vanilla soften the middle — not sharp, not thin, not pretending toward a heavy California barrel pour. Acidity is moderate; the sweetness sits under it rather than on top. Medium finish trails apple and vanilla together. At under twelve dollars this is a soft, usable house Chardonnay for nights when Appalina is gone and Isabel is too much oak for the table. Chill it; a white-wine glass is enough.
How to drink it
Chilled, white-wine glass.
How it was made
Classification Dealcoholized
Evidence status Producer documented
Front label: Premium American · Be Well · Chardonnay · Dealcoholized Wine · 25.4 FL OZ (750ML).
Method: Producer: fermented as full-strength wine, then run through a spiral cone and alcohol removed by a heat-free evaporation process repeated until less than 0.5% ABV remains
Product record history
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Product record history
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Sources
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Bottle / can label
Front label: Dealcoholized Wine. Producer site: Alcohol less than 0.5%.
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