The short takeOne of the more convincing dealcoholized reds in the cellar: dark berries and savory spice, real tannin, and a dry earthy close. Not heavy — but it drinks like a southern French blend, not juice.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Cool room temperature or a short chill, in a standard red-wine glass.
Who it’s for Grilled vegetables, roasted mushrooms, a mild hard cheese — cool room temperature.
TDS Wineprint
This pour · documented production
In the glass
- Nose
- Blackberry and dried cherry with pepper and herbs — savory before it is sweet.
- Palate
- Dark berries and tart cherry over savory spice. Dry through the middle; the tannin is gentle but present.
- Finish
- Dry, gently tannic, and earthy — fruit fades into spice and soil rather than sugar.
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Structure
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Acidity
- Moderate acidity
- Body
- Medium body
- Tannin
- Moderate tannin
- Finish length
- Medium finish
- Carbonation
- Still
How wine-like is it?
Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.
High: blackberry, pepper, and herbs read as a lighter Saint-Chinian blend rather than grape juice.
The wine
Pepper and herbs arrive before the jam. Blackberry and dried cherry sit on a savory line — the nose already argues for dinner, not dessert. That is rarer than it should be in dealcoholized red.
The sip keeps the argument. Dark berries and tart cherry over savory spice; dry through the middle, with gentle tannin that actually grips. It is not a heavy Saint-Chinian, and the alcohol weight is gone, but the earthy frame holds. Fruit does not turn sticky. The finish is dry and earthy — tannin and spice after the berry, not sugar.
Pour it cool, not cold. Too chilled and the pepper mutes; too warm and the mid-palate softens. Likeness is high for the category: a lighter southern French blend with usable tannin. Depth of old-vine Carignan at full strength is not here. Dry berry, savory spice, and a gently tannic close are — and that is enough to keep the glass at the table. That dinner-table argument is why the bottle clears the Best band: savory spice and gentle tannin keep the fruit in check after the alcohol leaves. It is a cooking red’s manners in a dealcoholized frame, not a jam-sweet consolation pour.
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89 sits above the median of the 10 dealcoholized Red blend bottles we've tasted.
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Research notes
Fermented in raw concrete with light pump-overs, full malolactic, then aged 12 months on fine lees before vacuum dealcoholization (producer GSM PDP + Winemaking). Front label art names Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre; producer copy also lists Carignan.
Where to buy
- Oddbird
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Checked 22 Sep 2026
- Typical price
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$24.99 / package
- Also listed
- Oddbird — GSM (International) · Producer
- Availability
oddbird.com; US specialty retail including The Zero Proof
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Product facts
- Producer
- Oddbird International AB (Swedish company; wine from Saint-Chinian, France)
- Origin
Saint-Chinian, France- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
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- Producer documented7 facts
- Bottle verified1 fact
- Retailer sourced2 facts
- Unverified4 facts
Production record
The core production facts are documented and current.
- Classification
- Verified
- Method
- Named method
- ABV
- Exact declaration
- Origin
- Documented
- Record
- Current
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