Sauvignon Blanc
84/100
The short takeAcidity carries the glass. Varietally clear when chilled — gooseberry, lime, tropical lift — with a lean mid-palate that never turns syrupy. A crisp, honest nonalcoholic Sauvignon Blanc.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Well chilled, in a standard white-wine glass.
Who it’s for Warm-weather aperitif, oysters or a simple green salad, anyone who wants Sauvignon Blanc cues without residual sugar taking over.
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TDS Wineprint
This pour · documented production
In the glass
- Nose
- Gooseberry and lime with a tropical fruit lift — green and citrus, not floral perfume or candy.
- Palate
- Bright citrus and pear over crisp acidity. Fresh and dry-leaning; sweetness stays out of the way, so the middle stays lean rather than soft.
- Finish
- Clean and lingering on lime — fresh rather than sweet, with enough persistence to matter after the sip.
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Structure
- Sweetness
- 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.
Very good: chilled, it reads as Sauvignon Blanc rather than generic nonalcoholic white.
The wine
Acidity does the work here. Bright citrus and pear sit on a crisp line; the wine stays fresh instead of soft-sweet, which is half the battle in dealcoholized Sauvignon Blanc. The mid-palate is a little lean — alcohol texture is not fully replaced — but the acid keeps the glass upright rather than hollow.
Gooseberry and lime open the nose, with tropical fruit lifting rather than thickening the aroma. It smells like the variety, not like a flavored cooler. Sip cold: citrus leads, pear softens the edges, sweetness stays restrained. The finish is clean and hangs on lime — lingering enough to matter, not long enough to pretend toward a cellar white.
Serve it well chilled in a white-wine glass. Warm, the lean middle shows more; cold, the gooseberry–lime shape holds. It is recognizably Sauvignon Blanc. Intensity of a high-acid Stellenbosch classic is muted, but the cues are right, and the sugar never takes the glass.
84 sits above the median of the 18 dealcoholized Sauvignon Blanc bottles we've tasted.
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Research notes
Same Lautus line process as the rest of the range: ferment, then spinning-cone removal under vacuum in two passes before bottling (US About + FAQs). Fruit sourced from Stellenbosch with a coastal share (US PDP).
Where to buy
- Lautus
- Package
750 ml
- Typical price
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$19.99 / 750 ml
- Availability
us.drinklautus.com (US); drinklautus.com (South Africa)
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Product facts
- Producer
- Lautus (Reg Holder)
- Origin
Western Cape, South Africa- Residual sugar
- 2.1 g / 100 ml residual sugar
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
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- Producer documented7 facts
- Bottle verified1 fact
- Retailer sourced1 fact
- Unverified5 facts
Production record
One core fact remains to be documented or rechecked.
- Classification
- Verified
- Method
- Named method
- ABV
- Ceiling declaration
- Origin
- Documented
- Record
- Needs recheck
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- Country
- Rechecked 2026-09-25. The US page still only says the grapes are sourced from Stellenbosch and a coastal region. The South Africa page’s delivery line is a market statement.
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Note
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- An older scout candidate was not used.
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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.
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