Riesling
86/100
The short takeOff-dry, bright, lighter than Dr. L, with acidity holding a sweetness that the word dry would undersell. Crisp citrus pith.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Well chilled, in a white-wine glass.
Who it’s for Spicy takeout, weeknight fish, or anyone who already drinks Dr. L and wants the ethanol gone.
In the glass
- Nose
- lime zest, green apple, and a cool slate line. It smells like Mosel Riesling first.
- Palate
- Off-dry and bright. Citrus and stone fruit over a lighter body than Dr. L, with 47 g/L of residual sugar held up by Mosel acidity.
- Finish
- Crisp citrus pith.
Structure and likeness Show Hide
Structure
- Sweetness
- Off-dry
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Body
- Light body
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
Recognizably Mosel in the aroma: lime zest, green apple, and a cool slate line before the palate arrives. The acid holds an off-dry body that is lighter than Dr. L. The likeness is that line, not the weight of a full Kabinett.
The wine
It smells like Mosel Riesling before it smells like a technique — lime zest, green apple, cool slate — which is the harder thing to keep after alcohol leaves. The score sits on that intact habit, not on body.
Off-dry and bright on a lighter frame than Dr. L: citrus and stone fruit, with 47 g/L residual sugar held by Mosel acidity, closing on crisp citrus pith. Leave the glass a minute and the sugar steps forward; the pith is what keeps it from reading as a sweet wine in a Riesling costume. Mouthfeel and finish meet there. The slate does not rinse away with the fruit.
Serve cold in a white-wine glass. Against Dr. L this is the lighter pour — the fruit did not leave with the weight. Brighter than it is sweet even after the glass relaxes. Eighty-six is justified by the smell holding the Mosel line (green apple against slate, stone fruit in the middle) when body does not match the alcoholic sibling.
86 sits above the median 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
The German estate still PDP (opened 2026-10-24) says the wine is dealcoholized and does not name the equipment. The estate alkoholfrei collection names vacuum distillation in house copy that is also reused on the sparkling SKU.
Where to buy
- Package
750 ml
- Typical price
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$15.99 / 750 ml
- Availability
US via Loosen Bros. USA, Salem, Oregon
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
- Gebrüder Loosen (Loosen Bros.)
- Origin
- Mosel, Germany
- Residual sugar
- 47.1 g/L
- Base beverage
- Mosel Riesling, fermented in stainless steel; fermentation stopped by chilling to keep natural residual sugar, then dealcoholized
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- ABV: Loosen Bros. USA technical sheet lists Alcohol: 0.0% vol. The US back label on the importer sell sheet reads CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.5 % ALCOHOL BY VOLUME. The front label on the packshot used here repeats that under-0.5% line. This review prints <0.5% and records the 0.0% sheet.
- Calories: The technical sheet lists 32 calories per 5 oz serving. The US Nutrition Facts panel on the same importer sell sheet lists 80 calories per 12 fl oz (355 ml) serving, two servings per 750 ml bottle. Those numbers are consistent on a per-ml basis; the serving sizes differ.
Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented4 facts
- Bottle verified2 facts
- Retailer sourced1 fact
- Unverified7 facts
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3 notes
- Method
- The same US office newsletter repeats it for Dr. The German still PDP says dealcoholized and does not name the machine.
- Country
- Fruit is described as Mosel valley fruit.
- Volume
- Loosen Bros USA info PDF (rechecked).
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Note
- Production
- Estate still PDP calls the wine dealcoholized. USA technical sheet remains the named-method source.
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Cited source loosenbrosusa.com
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- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- Barcode recorded from packaging or producer listing Unable to re-verify on 2026-10-10.
Additional sources
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
- ReviewedReviewed and published.
- UpdatedCatalog record updated from sourced research.
- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from <0.5% to 0.0%. Producer PDF states 0.0% vol; catalog claim was <0.5% with kind unknown (tier unverified).
- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from 0.0% to <0.5%. The record's own discrepancy note says the review prints the label's <0.5%, but the field showed the tech sheet's 0.0%.
- Classification changed · ClassificationCorrected from no to yes. Estate still PDP is primary dealcoholized evidence. The Loosen Bros. USA technical sheet and newsletter name vacuum distillation for this SKU.
- OpenDiscrepancyABV and Calories.
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