Wine
Thomson & Scott Noughty Sparkling Chardonnay
84/100 How we score
- ABV 0.0%
- Classification Dealcoholized
- Method Vacuum distillation
- Evidence Documented
- Origin Spain
- Price $20–$29
Verdict
A clean, apple-forward sparkling wine that was actually a wine first. It will not replace grower Champagne. It will replace most of the NA 'bubbly' that never fermented.
At a glance
- Flavor profile
- Apple
- Lemon
- Structure
- Off-dry
- Light body
- Short finish
- Soft bead
- Mouthfeel
- Short, clean, and a touch sugary if the glass sits. Serve it colder than you think.
- Perfect for
- Aperitif service, a toast, or a spritz base when you want wine rather than soda.
Tasting notes
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Nose
ripe apple, a little lemon peel, and a faint pastry note that never quite becomes brioche. The bubbles do more work than the aroma.
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Palate
Brisk, lightly sweet, and simpler than a bottle-fermented wine. Green apple and citrus sit on a slender body. The mousse is fine enough for a toast.
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03
Finish
Short, clean, and a touch sugary if the glass sits.
The wine
Thomson & Scott Noughty Sparkling Chardonnay is dealcoholized from Castilla–La Mancha, Spain. The base is Organically grown Spanish Chardonnay, fermented in stainless steel, then carbonated after alcohol removal. Vacuum distillation with aroma recovery; some trade sheets also name spinning-cone technology.
On the nose, ripe apple, a little lemon peel, and a faint pastry note that never quite becomes brioche. The bubbles do more work than the aroma. On the palate, Brisk, lightly sweet, and simpler than a bottle-fermented wine. Green apple and citrus sit on a slender body. The mousse is fine enough for a toast. Mouthfeel: Short, clean, and a touch sugary if the glass sits. Serve it colder than you think. The finish is Short, clean, and a touch sugary if the glass sits.
A clean, apple-forward sparkling wine that was actually a wine first. It will not replace grower Champagne. It will replace most of the NA ‘bubbly’ that never fermented. Serve well chilled, flutes or white-wine stems. Fine with salty snacks; less happy next to richly sauced food.
How to drink it
Well chilled, flutes or white-wine stems. Fine with salty snacks; less happy next to richly sauced food.
How it was made
Classification: Dealcoholized
Evidence status: Documented
Method: Vacuum distillation with aroma recovery; some trade sheets also name spinning-cone technology
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Method: Thomson & Scott's own product page describes de-alcoholisation by vacuum distillation with aroma recovery, then light carbonation. Some trade listings additionally mention spinning-cone technology before or alongside vacuum distillation. We print both and do not collapse them into one proprietary story.
- Abv: Producer technical data list 0.0% vol. Several US retailers describe the wine as under 0.5% ABV, which matches American non-alcoholic labeling rather than a lab contradiction we can resolve from here.
Sources
Product facts are only as strong as their sources. Editorial tasting notes are opinion.
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Keep tasting
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Vacuum distillation
- Bready
84/100 How we score