Sparkling Rosé NV

The wine

Darling Cellars De-Alcoholised Sparkling Rosé NV is part of Darling Cellars’ de-alcoholised range from South Africa. The producer connects the range to dryland-farmed bush vines in Darling, including vineyards on varied slopes and soils. De-Alcoholised Sparkling Rosé NV is listed as an off-dry, medium-bodied sparkling wine in a 750 ml cork-finished bottle.

The producer documents conventional wine production before alcohol removal: destalking and crushing, 18 days of fermentation at 14°C, reductive handling, and two months on lees. It then names gently spinning-cone technology under vacuum at low temperature. Carbon dioxide is infused into the dealcoholized base wine to produce the bubbles. The named category supports a spinning-cone classification; no additional equipment brand or operating parameters are inferred.

The exact blend is 96% Sauvignon Blanc, 4% Grenache. The page names Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Reon Richter as winemakers. Its technical line reads “Alc 0.45; RS 23; pH 3.37; TA 5.96.” Only the printed alcohol value is normalized as a percentage here; the fetched text does not print units for residual sugar or total acidity. The producer describes light salmon color with ripe strawberry and sweet plum aromas, a balanced palate, and a lingering finish. It suggests serving the wine chilled with salmon salad, sashimi, or yellowtail ceviche. Those are producer descriptions and pairing suggestions, not Dry Standard tasting observations. The exact producer page lists 2023 IWSC Bronze (85 points) and 2025 WAFA Silver.

This is an unscored research record. Karl has not recorded a firsthand tasting, so no appearance, aroma, palate, finish, structure rating, verdict score, or recommendation is assigned. Ingredients, nutrition, barcode, U.S. availability and current retail price remain unverified.