Vanish Red Blend
77/100
The short takeThe nose is the wine-like part: blackberry, cherry, and spice. The sip is softer, slightly sweet berry with only a light tannin, and the finish is short-medium — fruity, lightly spicy, then gone.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Slightly chilled.
Who it’s for A weeknight red when you want berry fruit and a little spice, not a long tannic line.
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TDS Wineprint
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In the glass
- Nose
- Blackberry and cherry come first. Spice sits behind them — enough to keep the fruit from smelling like a simple berry bowl. That is the wine-like moment in the glass.
- Palate
- The sip is softer than the nose. Berry fruit stays, a little sweet, and a light tannin marks the edges rather than chewing. The sweetness leads. The tannin is only a reminder of red wine, not a frame you can lean on. Soft, easy, fruit-forward.
- Finish
- Short-medium. Fruit again, lightly spicy, then it drops. The spice from the aroma returns as a faint echo. There is no drying hold to stretch the close.
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Structure
- Sweetness
- Off-dry
- Body
- Light body
- Tannin
- Low tannin
- Finish length
- Medium finish
- Carbonation
- Still
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
The nose reads as red wine — blackberry, cherry, spice. The sip is softer and sweeter than that aroma, with only a light tannin to keep it in the wine register.
The wine
The sip is the argument. Soft berry fruit, a little sweet, and only a light tannin to hold it. That is the middle of Vanish Red Blend: easy, not much chew. The sweetness is slight, but it leads.
Before that, the nose is the more convincing part. Blackberry and cherry first, then spice. The fruit is clear. The spice keeps it from reading as a simple berry bowl. That is the wine-like moment. It does not last into the mouth at the same intensity.
The fruit turns softer once you drink. Berry stays, sweetness shows, and the light tannin just marks the edges. Balance is fruit-forward. A gentle red that does not ask much. Mouthfeel follows: soft, light in grip, the tannin a faint dry thread rather than a chew.
What remains after is short-medium. That brevity is the limit. The glass smells of blackberry, cherry, and spice, then drinks softer and sweeter than that aroma suggested. It is friendly. It is not stern.
Chill it a little. It suits a weeknight pour when you want berry fruit and a little spice, and you do not need the tannin to last.
How to drink it
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Slightly chilled. A regular red-wine glass.
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Research notes
No machine is named. The Vanish Riesling in this cellar is a different, German bottling and is not used for these facts.
Where to buy
No producer purchase link on file.
- Package
750 ml
$9-10 (Total Wine, Wine-Searcher)
- Also listed
- Total Wine non-alcoholic reds
- Availability
Total Wine (Vanish Red Blend non-alc); bestday brewing; seaglasswineco.com (Trinchero Family Estates)
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Product facts
- Producer
- Magic Box
- Origin
Vin de France- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
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- Retailer sourced4 facts
Production record
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- Classification
- Verified
- Method
- Undeclared
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- Origin
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2 notes
- Production
- Front label reads alcohol-removed wine. Back label reads dealcoholized red wine and does not name a machine.
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- Price
- Shelf price is the Total Wine figure supplied with this record. The linked card identifies the SKU and does not print the number.
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
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- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from <0.4% to <0.49%. Back label of this bottle prints contains less than 0.49% of alcohol.
- Fact corrected · IngredientsCorrected from Dealcoholized red wine from France, rectified concentrated grape must, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sulfites, dimethyl dicarbonate) (back label) to Dealcoholized red wine from France, rectified concentrated grape must, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sulfites, dicarbonate) (back label). Back label re-read: preservatives listed as potassium sorbate, sulfites, dicarbonate.
- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from Undeclared to <0.4%. Back label of this bottle prints contains less than 0.4% of alcohol. No machine is named.
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