Zero Point Five Pinot Noir

Name: Leitz Zero Point Five Pinot Noir
Brand: Leitz

Image: The Dry Standard

87/100

The short take
Cherry, cranberry, and red currant, then a juicy, light palate with bright acidity and a slightly thin middle. Very good, and convincingly wine-like for the category.

Tasted 24 Sep 2026Karl Hill How we score

Serve Cool, in a red-wine glass.

Who it’s for A light Pinot when cherry and a dry, lingering finish matter, and a thin middle is acceptable.

TDS Wineprint

This pour · documented production

Sweetness Dry Firsthand tasting
Acidity Bright acidity Firsthand tasting
Body Light body Firsthand tasting
Tannin Low tannin Firsthand tasting
Finish Long Firsthand tasting

Updated 24 Oct 2026 — production method corrected.

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At a glance

ABV: <0.5% Disputed
Production: Dealcoholized
Method: Undeclared
Price: $20.99
Sugar: 4.6 g / 100 ml Disputed
Availability: Producer shop
Evidence: Nov 2026

In the glass

Nose: Cherry, cranberry, and red currant, each one clear. Light red fruit, the kind of Pinot aroma that is already wine before the sip.
Palate: Juicy and light, with bright acidity, and slightly thin through the middle. The juice and the acid arrive together. The body stays light, so the center does not fill in. There is flavor, and there is less flesh under it than the nose suggests. The brightness keeps the sip lively where the body steps back.
Finish: Dry, with gentle tannin, and it lingers as a red-wine finish. The tannin is soft and in proportion to the light frame. The dryness holds after the juice, and the close still tastes like red wine.

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Structure

Sweetness: Dry
Acidity: Bright acidity
Body: Light body
Tannin: Low tannin
Finish length: Long finish

How wine-like is it?

Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.

Convincingly wine-like for the category: Pinot fruit on the nose, a finish that lingers like red wine, and a middle that is slightly thin.

The wine

Slightly thin through the middle, and still a red wine. Cherry, cranberry, and red currant are clear on the nose, light Pinot fruit with each one distinct. The sip is juicy, light, and brightly acidic. The juice is there. The body is light, and the center stays slightly thin. Fruit and acid carry that stretch of the glass. Juicy is the texture of that fruit. Light is the build around it.

The finish is where the wine-likeness settles. It is dry, the tannin is gentle, and it lingers. Gentle suits this frame: enough grip to read as red wine, soft enough to match a light body. What remains tastes like red wine. That lingering close is why the thin middle does not decide the bottle. Bright acidity gives the light body its energy, and the gentle tannin gives the long finish a hold.

Very good, and convincingly wine-like for the category. Cherry, cranberry, and red currant open the glass. A juicy, light palate with bright acidity carries it. The slight thinness is the limit. Gentle tannin and a dry, lingering finish are what keep it wine-like once you have noticed the thin middle.

Serve it cool, in a red-wine glass, so the bright acidity stays vivid and the light body stays the point.

87 sits above the median of the 9 dealcoholized Pinot Noir bottles we've tasted.

The bottle

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Research notes

Method stays Undeclared.

Where to buy

Weingut Leitz shop — Zero Point Five Pinot Noir

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Checked 7 Nov 2026

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What is Eins-Zwei-Zero — Weingut Leitz

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Package: 750 ml
Typical price: $22.99 / 750 ml

Availability observations

Package	Observed listing	Price	Unit price
750 ml	Observed at Metro Wine & Spirits	$22.99 Checked 24 Sep 2026	$22.99

Also listed: Weingut Leitz shop — Zero Point Five Pinot Noir · Producer
What is Eins-Zwei-Zero — Weingut Leitz · Citation
Availability: leitz-wein.shop DTC (DHL Europe); Boisson; schatziwines.com (US); wine.com; thezeroproof.com

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: Weingut Josef Leitz
Origin: Baden, Germany
Residual sugar: 45.5 g/L
Base beverage: Pinot Noir
Bottle / can: 750 ml

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Sources & verification

Facts checked Nov 2026 2 primary sources Method: not disclosed Conflicts: 3 noted Show details Hide details

Where sources disagree

Sources disagree on the following points.

Method: A first-person Leitz note for this Zero Point Five Pinot Noir, carried by Alternative Zero, says the alcohol was removed on a spinning cone column at about 30°C, with the separated aromas added back. Wines Direct’s English copy of that note says about 35°C. Mondovino also says spinning cone, at 29°C. The live Eins-Zwei-Zero page says vacuum distillation at about 29°C for every ZERO product and does not name this cuvée. Flaschenpost says a vacuum evaporator at a maximum of 27°C. Bishop’s Cellar says vacuum distillation at about 30°C. SAQ says vacuum distillation at about -30°C. No machine is published.
ABV: The front label says alcohol free and does not print a figure. Alcfree.ch prints <0.5% vol. The winery shop (2026-11-07) lists Alcohol content 0.5% vol. SAQ titles the bottle <0.5% and lists degree of alcohol as 0.5%. Alternative Zero, Berlin Bottle, Wines Direct, Juul’s, and Mondovino print 0.5% vol. Bishop’s Cellar prints 0% and, in the product text, 0.0% vol. The Eins-Zwei-Zero FAQ, below 0.1% vol with a bottling tolerance up to 0.38% vol, does not name Zero Point Five or Pinot Noir and is not used. We print <0.5%.
Sugar: No sugar figure is on the front label. SAQ lists 31 g/L. Alternative Zero lists 35 g/L residual sugar. Berlin Bottle’s panel lists 4.4 g sugar per 100 ml. None of these is the sugar field.

Evidence at a glance

Producer documented2 facts
Retailer sourced8 facts
Unverified3 facts

Production record

2 core facts remain to be documented or rechecked.

Classification: Verified
Method: Undeclared
ABV: Ceiling declaration
Origin: Documented
Record: Has open discrepancy

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Sources

Producer leitz-wein.shop
- Production
Producer documented
Note

Production
No removal machine named on this SKU page.
Producer winestro.info
- Ingredients
Producer documented
Retail listing metrowinedc.com
- Country
- Producer
- Base beverage
- Price
- Volume
Retailer sourced
Retail listing alcfree.ch
- ABV (sources disagree)
Retailer sourced
Retail listing winesdirect.com
- Region
Retailer sourced
Retail listing boisson.co
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
Retailer sourced
Note

Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
Barcode digits are printed on the cited page.
Producer leitz-wein.de
- Method
Unverified
Note

Method
Cross-SKU vacuum claim walked back. Method stays Undeclared.
Editorial inference enotria.com
- Sugar (sources disagree)
Unverified
Editorial inference alcfree.ch
- Calories
Unverified

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Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.

24 Sep 2026ReviewedReviewed and published.
7 Nov 2026UpdatedCatalog record updated from sourced research.
24 Sep 2026ABV verified · ABVCorrected from 0.5% to <0.5%. Rechecked this cuvée. The front label has no number. Listings print <0.5%, 0.5%, and 0.0%. Exact 0.5% was Wines Direct’s figure, not a measured residual.
8 Oct 2026Method verified · MethodCorrected from (empty) to Vacuum distillation (producer: method of vacuum distillation gently removes alcohol while preserving aromas). Karl direct observation 2026-10-08: leitz-wein.de/en/was-ist-eins-zwei-zero producer page states "The method of vacuum distillation, patented in the early 20th century, gently removes alcohol from the wine while preserving its aromas as much as possible, forming the basis of our high-quality non-alcoholic wines."
24 Oct 2026Method verified · MethodCorrected from Vacuum distillation (producer: method of vacuum distillation gently removes alcohol while preserving aromas) to Not published for Zero Point Five Pinot Noir. The Eins-Zwei-Zero house page names vacuum distillation at about 29°C for that family and does not name this SKU.. Producer site has no Zero Point Five Pinot page. Copying Eins-Zwei-Zero vacuum onto this cuvée was a cross-SKU inference. Facet stays undeclared. verified stays no.
OpenDiscrepancyMethod, ABV, and Sugar.