Rosé
82/100
The short takeDry, light, and bright — wild strawberry and watermelon with a rose-petal lift, then a clean citrus close. Freshness and balance, not for depth or length.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Well chilled, white-wine glass.
Who it’s for Patio pour, light lunch, anyone wanting a dry pink without residual sugar.
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TDS Wineprint
This pour · documented production
In the glass
- Nose
- Wild strawberry, watermelon, and rose petal — fresh berry-melon with a floral lift, not perfume-heavy.
- Palate
- Crisp and dry from the first sip. Wild strawberry and watermelon carry the mid-palate on a light frame; bright acidity keeps the fruit taut rather than soft, jammy, or candy-sweet. No mid-weight to lean on — the acid and fruit do the work.
- Finish
- Clean, citrus-tinged, and refreshing — fruit drops away quickly, leaving a short lift of citrus without sticky sweetness.
Structure and likeness Show Hide
Structure
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Body
- Light body
- Finish length
- Short finish
- Carbonation
- Still
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
Good: reads as dry pale rosé — fruit and acid in line, without much mid-palate weight.
The wine
Dry first. The glass is light and crisp before the fruit fully lands — bright acidity on a lean frame, no residual sugar to soften the edges. That is the point of this pink: refreshment, not weight.
Wild strawberry and watermelon arrive with a rose-petal lift. The same fruit stays clean through the sip; acid keeps strawberry and melon taut rather than candy-sweet. What remains is short and citrus-tinged — it clears without sticky hang.
It will not give you mid-palate depth or a long savory close. Eighty-two sits on balance and honesty: fruit that still smells like fruit, dryness that holds, and a light body that still drinks like pale rosé when cold. Likeness is good for a dry pink — you get the berry-melon fruit and the taut acid line — without the density of a still Provençal glass. What it offers instead is clarity: fruit, acid, and a short citrus close, nothing more pretending to be there.
Serve it well chilled in a white-wine glass. Warm, the melon softens and the acid sharpens; cold keeps the strawberry bright and the citrus close clean. For a patio pour or a light lunch, that dry, refreshing line is enough — easy to pour again.
82 is typical of the 34 dealcoholized Rosé bottles we've tasted.
The bottle
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Triple distillation at low temperature after traditional winemaking (producer brand copy; US importer tech sheet)
Research notes
Estate wine made first, then alcohol removed by triple distillation. Producer PDP does not print a numeric ABV.
Where to buy
- Nugan Estate
- Package
750 ml
- Typical price
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16.95 AUD / 750 ml
- Availability
nuganestate.com.au; US specialty retail including Turning Leaf
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Product facts
- Producer
- NEWBLOOD (Nugan Estate)
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
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Sources & verification
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Sugar: Serving sizes differ; both retained until a single producer nutrition block is confirmed.
Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented4 facts
- Bottle verified1 fact
- Distributor sourced3 facts
- Retailer sourced2 facts
- Unverified4 facts
Production record
One core fact remains to be documented or rechecked.
- Classification
- Verified
- Method
- Named method
- ABV
- Exact declaration
- Origin
- Documented
- Record
- Has open discrepancy
Sources
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3 notes
- Production
- Producer: alcohol removed via triple distillation.
- Method
- Producer: cutting-edge triple distillation. Importer adds low-temperature removal language.
- Country
- Producer: Australian-made / Location Australia.
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Bottle / can label Bottle label
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
Note
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- Barcode recorded from packaging or producer listing
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2 notes
- ABV
- That importer figure controls. Producer AU shop leaves Alcohol Percentage blank; Turning Leaf’s wider <0.5% line is superseded history, not an open dispute.
- Volume
- Serendipity: UPCs NV (12pk/750ml).
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.
- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from <0.5% to 0.0%. Living distributor sheet states 0.0%; catalog claim was <0.5%.
- OpenDiscrepancySugar.
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