Rosé
80/100
The short takeLight and juicy rather than weighty — strawberry and apricot with a rose lift, then a dry-leaning savory red-fruit close. Freshness and drinkability, not for depth.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Well chilled, white-wine glass.
Who it’s for Patio pour, antipasto, anyone wanting a light dry-leaning pink.
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TDS Wineprint
This pour · documented production
In the glass
- Nose
- Strawberry, rose, and apricot — berry-floral with a soft stone-fruit edge, fresh rather than candied or perfume-heavy.
- Palate
- Light and juicy from the first sip. Strawberry and apricot carry the mid-palate on a lean frame; bright acidity keeps it from soft or soda-sweet. Dry-leaning rather than bone-dry — fruit leads, residual sugar does not stick.
- Finish
- Dry-leaning, savory, and red-fruit — clears without sticky hang, leaving a faint savory edge on the close.
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.
Fair-to-good: pale rosé fruit and acid are there; savory dry close helps; mid-palate stays light.
The wine
Juicy first. The glass is light before it is serious — soft strawberry and apricot, bright acid, no weight pretending to be there. That is the bargain of this pink: drinkability over density, fruit over structure theater.
Rose lifts the nose without tipping into perfume. On the sip, strawberry and apricot stay juicy rather than jammy; acidity keeps the line dry-leaning instead of candy-sweet. There is no mid-palate weight to lean on — the fruit and acid do the work, and that is enough for a patio pour. What remains is short and savory — red fruit with a faint edge, then clean. The close does not stretch; it does not need to.
It will not give you Provençal tautness or a long mineral close. Eighty sits on honesty: fruit that still smells like fruit, a light frame that empties easily, and a dry-leaning finish that does not stick. Serve it well chilled in a white-wine glass. Warm, the apricot softens and the savory note fattens; cold keeps the strawberry bright. For antipasto or a warm afternoon pink, that light juicy line is the point.
80 is typical of the 34 dealcoholized Rosé bottles we've tasted.
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Research notes
Pinot Noir from dry-grown South Australian vineyards; grape skin extract added; no artificial sweeteners (Fourth Wave / brand copy). Some retailers name Adelaide Hills.
Where to buy
- Fourth Wave Wine
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Checked 22 Sep 2026
- Package
750 ml
- Typical price
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$18.99 / 750 ml
- Also listed
- Fourth Wave — Plus & Minus (AU) · Producer
- Availability
fourthwavewine.com.au; US specialty retail including ProofNoMore
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Product facts
- Producer
- PLUS & MINUS (Fourth Wave Wine)
- Origin
South Australia- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Method: Method facet left undeclared until one producer technical statement resolves the conflict.
- ABV: Public record uses <0.5%.
Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented2 facts
- Retailer sourced5 facts
- Unverified7 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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Note
- Production
- Producer: alcohol is removed from finished South Australian wine; grape skin extract added.
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Note
- Method
- Conflicting named techniques across brand and retailer pages — see discrepancies.
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
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