Riesling
82/100
The short takeFresh German Riesling line — green apple and peach with citrus, lively acid, a touch of sweetness, then a mineral clean close. Balance and varietal clarity.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Well chilled, white-wine glass; a few minutes open helps.
Who it’s for Fish, asparagus, warm-weather white-wine glass — well chilled.
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TDS Wineprint
This pour · documented production
In the glass
- Nose
- Green apple, pear, peach, and citrus — fresh orchard fruit with a bright citrus lift, clean rather than floral-heavy.
- Palate
- Lively acidity carries green apple and peach on a light frame; pear softens the mid-palate. Slight sweetness balances the acid without tipping into candy — fruit and freshness lead, not residual sugar.
- Finish
- Mineral, fresh, and clean — fruit clears quickly, leaving a short mineral lift without sticky hang or sweetness.
Structure and likeness Show Hide
Structure
- Sweetness
- Off-dry
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Body
- Light body
- Finish length
- Medium finish
- Carbonation
- Still
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
Good: recognizably Riesling — orchard fruit, acid, and a mineral edge; sweetness is present but controlled.
The wine
Acid first. The glass is lively before it is sweet — green apple and citrus over a lean frame, with just enough residual sugar to round the edges. That is the Riesling bargain after vacuum removal: freshness first, orchard fruit before weight.
Pear and peach soften the mid-palate without turning the wine soft or sticky. Slight sweetness is honest against the acid; it does not tip into soda. There is no petrol or long mineral spine — the fruit and acid do the work, and the balance holds. What remains is mineral and clean — fruit clears, the mineral lift stays briefly, then done. The close is short by design, not by fault.
It will not give you dry Mosel austerity or a long petrol close. Eighty-two sits on balance: orchard fruit that still reads as Riesling, acid that keeps it taut, and a clean mineral finish. Serve it well chilled in a white-wine glass; a few minutes open helps the peach show. Warm, the peach fattens and the sweetness shows; cold keeps the green apple bright. For fish, asparagus, or a warm afternoon white, that fresh clean line is enough.
82 is typical of the 19 dealcoholized Riesling bottles we've tasted.
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Research notes
German quality-wine Riesling base; stainless maturation after removal (producer shop). An English summary of Wein- & Bodenlabor Rebholz report W0700733397 (17 July 2026) titled GOODVINES Riesling prints 65 kJ / 15 kcal, 3.27 g carbohydrates and sugars per 100 ml, sugar before inversion 32.7 g/L, total acidity 7.3 g/L, and actual alcohol 0.01% vol.
Where to buy
- GOODVINES
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Checked 22 Sep 2026
- Package
750 ml
- Typical price
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$14.99 / 750 ml
- Also listed
- GOODVINES — Riesling de-alcoholized 0,75l (DE) · Producer
- Availability
goodvines.de; US specialty retail including ProofNoMore
Availability is market-specific; a producer link does not establish shipping to every country. 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
- GOODVINES Getränke GmbH (Heidelberg)
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Residual sugar
- 34.0 g/L
- Closure
- Screw cap
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml (25.4 fl oz)
Sources disagree on ABV, Calories, Sugar, Carbohydrates, Acidity, and Serving temperature. Send a correction
Sources & verification
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- ABV: Public record uses <0.5% until a single label/tech sheet is confirmed for the US SKU. The Expertise sheet filed 4 November 2026 also prints 0.0% vol., the same figure as the DE shop. The Rebholz summary’s actual-alcohol line is retained beside the shop and US label claims; the summary’s analytical total-alcohol parameter of 1.96% vol is not treated as residual ABV.
- Calories: Displayed calories stay on the DE shop. The Rebholz summary says the lab sample was only alkoholfreier Wein weiß and that the same values were copied onto both Riesling and Sparkling summaries without independent verification for either variant.
- Sugar: Displayed residual sugar stays on the DE shop. Lab and shop figures are retained as competing claims.
- Carbohydrates: Displayed carbohydrates stay on the DE shop.
- Acidity: No single acidity figure is stored as a top-level field. Both claims stay.
- Serving temperature: The DE shop prints both temperatures. No single serving temperature is stored. The tasted note stays "well chilled."
Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented9 facts
- Retailer sourced5 facts
- Unverified2 facts
Production record
One core fact remains to be documented or rechecked.
- Classification
- Verified
- Method
- Named method
- ABV
- Ceiling declaration
- Origin
- Documented
- Record
- Has open discrepancy
Sources
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Producer goodvines.de
- Production
- Method
- ABV (sources disagree)
- Ingredients
- Closure
- Grapes
- Calories (sources disagree)
- Sugar (sources disagree)
- Carbohydrates (sources disagree)
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Note
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- Barcode digits are printed on the cited page.
Additional sources
- GOODVINES Riesling – Nutritional & Laboratory Analysis (EN summary)
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.
- OpenDiscrepancyABV, Calories, Sugar, Carbohydrates, Acidity, and Serving temperature.