Steinbock Riesling Zero Sparkling
83/100
The short takeRecognizable sparkling Riesling — orchard fruit, citrus, and mouthwatering acid under a fine bead. Gentle sweetness on entry, light body, a clean mineral close. Well made and refreshing, without the depth of the stronger bottles in the category.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve 6–8°C (Hofstätter shop and wine page)
Who it’s for A cold aperitif when you want Riesling fruit and sparkle without weight.
If you like Sparkling Riesling or Citrus-driven Riesling.
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In the glass
- Appearance
- Pale straw-yellow with fine, persistent bubbles and a delicate mousse.
- Nose
- Fresh green apple, citrus, and white-fleshed orchard fruit, with a quiet stone-fruit hint. Bright, clean, and recognizably Riesling.
- Palate
- Lively and fruit-driven: crisp green apple, lemon, and orchard fruit, held by vibrant, mouthwatering acidity. A touch of sweetness softens the entry, then citrus and a faint mineral edge keep it from sitting pretty. Light-bodied, with a fine mousse that lifts the sip and gives it texture.
- Finish
- Clean and refreshing. Green apple, citrus, and a subtle mineral note linger. Bright acidity carries a mouthwatering close with pleasing persistence, not extra length.
Structure and likeness Show Hide
Structure
- Sweetness
- Off-dry
- Acidity
- High acidity
- Body
- Light body
- Carbonation
- High sparkle
- Finish length
- Medium finish
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
Recognizable Riesling — orchard fruit, citrus, and pronounced acidity — and the bead makes it drink as sparkling wine. Light body and modest depth keep it short of a traditional sparkling Riesling.
The wine
The last of the glass is the argument. Green apple and citrus are still there, acidity still waking the mouth, a faint mineral line that never thickens. Persistence is real. Length is not the point. What remains is how cleanly it leaves.
That same apple and citrus open the nose, with white orchard fruit and a quiet stone-fruit hint. Bright, not dressed up, and clearly Riesling rather than a generic sparkler.
A little sweetness lets you in, then lemon and orchard fruit take the middle. The mousse is fine and keeps lifting a light body that would otherwise sit thin. Acid does the balancing — mouthwatering, not harsh — and that mineral edge keeps the fruit from turning pretty. It is well put together. It is also restrained: no extra layer of concentration arrives after the first impression.
It drinks as sparkling Riesling. The fruit, the acid, and the bead make that case. A traditional sparkling Riesling has more body and more depth than this pour gives. Eighty-three is the score for a refreshing sparkler that does its varietal job without quite distinguishing itself from stronger examples in the category.
83 is typical of the 19 dealcoholized Riesling bottles we've tasted.
The bottle
Trade record, where to buy, and product facts.
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Research notes
Producer tasting copy stays off the tasting fields. Shop copy names a fine mousse, acidity, and citrus.
Where to buy
- Tenuta J. Hofstätter
- Tenuta J. Hofstätter
- Package
0.75 l
- Also listed
- STEINBOCK ZERO SPARKLING Riesling · Producer
- Steinbock Riesling Zero Sparkling · Producer
- Availability
Hofstätter shop lists STEINBOCK ZERO SPARKLING Riesling, 0.75 l.
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
- Weingut Dr. Fischer (distributed by Tenuta J. Hofstätter)
- Origin
- Germany
- Base beverage
- Riesling, fermented then dealcoholized
- Bottle / can
- 0.75 l
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- ABV: MOJU Zero prints 0.0% ABV for Steinbock Riesling Zero Sparkling. The Hofstätter shop and the sparkling wine page do not print a percent. The shop’s line copy says zero alcohol.
- Base beverage: The shop title and the front label name Riesling only. On 2026-10-27 the wine page at the sparkling URL was titled Steinbock Zero Sparkling Blanc de Blancs and listed Riesling and Müller-Thurgau. The record keeps Riesling, which is the name on the tasted label and the shop.
- Product: This is not Selection Dr. Fischer Steinbock Alcohol-Removed Sparkling, the US bottle whose front label reads Alcohol Free Sparkling and does not name Riesling.
Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented8 facts
- Retailer sourced1 fact
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Producer shop.hofstatter.com
- Country
- Base beverage (sources disagree)
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- Availability
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- Base beverage
- The live wine page also names Müller-Thurgau. See discrepancies.
Additional sources
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
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- UpdatedCatalog record updated from sourced research.
- OpenDiscrepancyABV, Base beverage, and Product.
ABV
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83/100