Sparkling Cuvee
86/100
The short takeVinous on the aroma and in the glass. Slight sweetness, moderate acidity, and a lively bead stay in proportion, and the fruit lasts. One to pour again.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve 6–8°C (producer)
Who it’s for Pour it again when you want sparkling wine that smells like one: pear, apple, and a bead that lasts.
In the glass
- Appearance
- Pale straw to pale gold. The bead is lively, and the wine looks bright.
- Nose
- Distinctly vinous. Subtle orchard fruit leans toward pear and apple, and the wine character arrives before the fruit does.
- Palate
- Slightly sweet, held by moderate acidity and a lively bead. The bubbles are integrated rather than aggressive, and they give the wine enough lift, structure, and freshness that the sweetness stays in check.
- Finish
- Pear and apple linger after the sip. Acidity and the bead carry that fruit into a persistent, refreshing close, so the sweetness does not sit once the wine has gone.
Structure and likeness Show Hide
Structure
- Sweetness
- Medium-sweet
- Acidity
- Moderate acidity
- Body
- Medium body
- Carbonation
- High sparkle
- Finish length
- Long finish
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
Convincingly wine-like. A vinous aroma, a bead worked into the wine, and fruit that lasts make it read as sparkling wine.
The wine
Edenvale Sparkling Cuvee smells like wine before it tastes like one. Pale straw to pale gold, it looks bright, and the bead is already lively in the glass. The aroma is distinctly vinous, with subtle orchard fruit leaning toward pear and apple. The wine character comes first, and the fruit sits inside it.
Slight sweetness shows first, and it does not run. The bubbles are worked into the wine rather than forced on top of it, so they give lift and shape without turning harsh. Fruit stays through the sip and after it. The close holds for as long as the fruit does, still refreshing at the end.
The body is light to medium. Sweetness supplies the roundness, acidity the freshness, and the bead the energy. That proportion is what makes the wine convincing. The vinous aroma, the fruit that lasts, and bubbles that never turn harsh belong to one wine. It tastes like sparkling wine. The alcohol that is gone does not leave a hole in the wine. It is plainly one to pour again.
86 sits above the median of the 22 dealcoholized Sparkling bottles we've tasted.
The bottle
Trade record, where to buy, and product facts.
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GoLo heat-pump. Edenvale says the unit separates the wine into alcohol, dealcoholized liquid, and essence, then returns the essence.
Research notes
It places that unit in a Murray-Darling facility built with BevZero and Logichem, and says the step avoids multiple distillation passes.
Where to buy
- Edenvale
- Package
750 ml bottle
- Typical price
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11.50 AUD / 750 ml bottle
- Availability
Edenvale shop lists the 750 ml bottle and a carton of 6. A US shop listing also exists at Laithwaites.
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
- Edenvale
- Origin
- South Eastern Australia
- Base beverage
- Fully fermented wine from South Eastern Australian grapes, then dealcoholized
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
- Diet
- Vegan · label
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- ABV: The Edenvale page says less than 0.5% ABV. The US bottle prints 0.25%. We print 0.25%.
- Method: Edenvale names a GoLo heat-pump and does not name a spinning cone. Laithwaites says the wine goes through a custom spinning cone column. We follow Edenvale.
- Grape: The Edenvale page says selected South Eastern Australian grapes and does not name a variety. Laithwaites names Sémillon. We do not print a grape.
- Calories: The Edenvale page lists 30 Cal per 150 ml and 20 Cal per 100 ml. The US bottle lists 61 calories per 8 fl oz (250 ml), with 3 servings in the 750 ml bottle. Laithwaites prints 61 calories per serving and gives no serving size. We print the US bottle.
- Sugar: The Edenvale page lists 6.8 g sugars per 150 ml and 4.5 g per 100 ml. The US bottle lists 14 g total sugars per 8 fl oz (250 ml), including 0 g added sugars. We print the US bottle.
Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented11 facts
- Bottle verified6 facts
Sources
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Producer edenvale.com.au
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2 notes
- Production
- Grape juice concentrate in the ingredient list is back-addition.
- Region
- The process page places the GoLo facility in the Murray-Darling. That is the removal site, not the grape region.
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Bottle / can label Bottle label
- ABV (sources disagree)
- Calories (sources disagree)
- Sugar (sources disagree)
- Vegan
- Importer
- Production method
Note
- Vegan
- US bottle nutrition and back label claims vegan.
Additional sources
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
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- OpenDiscrepancyABV, Method, Grape, Calories, and Sugar.
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