Zero Chardonnay
81/100
The short takeGreen apple, ripe pear, and light carbonation make this an easy, appealing pour. Noticeable sweetness and a thin frame limit its complexity and its resemblance to traditional Chardonnay, while soft acidity offers some balance.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
In the glass
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Nose
Green apple and ripe pear lead, with subtle citrus and a faint suggestion of toasted oak behind the fruit.
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Palate
Green apple and ripe pear lead, with subtle citrus lifting the fruit. Light-bodied and lightly carbonated, with noticeable sweetness and soft acidity; the faint toasted-oak suggestion stays in the background. Pleasant, but short on complexity and thinner than traditional Chardonnay.
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Finish
Short and slightly sweet, with the fruit fading quickly. The close has little depth or length, though it remains easy to drink.
How wine-like is it?
The fruit hints at Chardonnay, but the light body, sweetness, soft acidity, and short finish leave it less convincing as a traditional wine.
Structure
- Off-dry
- Soft acidity
- Light body
- Short finish
- Light spritz
The wine
The opening is easy to like: green apple and ripe pear lead, with citrus at the edge. The fruit is clear, if not especially layered.
This alcohol-removed Chardonnay is light on its feet, with a gentle bead that lifts the palate. Noticeable sweetness meets soft acidity, but the balance never feels taut. Fruit remains in a straightforward, friendly register. A faint toasted-oak suggestion sits behind it, a small Chardonnay cue rather than a new layer.
The style is approachable and fruit-forward; carbonation gives the sweetness a refreshing lift. Still, the thin body keeps the flavors from gathering momentum. Apple, pear, and citrus are pleasant, but do not develop into a complex profile. The glass’s appeal is easy fruit and light fizz, though it does not build the texture or finish of traditional Chardonnay.
The gap shows at the close: a short, slightly sweet finish leaves little to linger over. This suits an uncomplicated pour for someone who wants a lightly sparkling, slightly sweet white; drinkers after a drier, fuller Chardonnay may find it slight. Pleasant at first, it does not keep unfolding.
The bottle
Production Dealcoholized
Evidence Producer documented
Production type describes how it is made, not how it tastes. What this classification means.
Method Vacuum distillationVacuum distillation (producer product page).Verified from producer documentation · Oct 2026
Research notes
The exact RELAX Zero Chardonnay product page names vacuum distillation that extracts alcohol from wine. It prints alcohol <0.5% vol, residual sugar 40–44 g/L, and 27 calories per 5 oz serving. The producer bottle image prints alcohol-removed wine, Chardonnay, and 750 ml. B-21 names Schmitt Söhne, Germany, and a 750 ml bottle; it lists a numerical 0.50% alcohol claim that differs from the producer’s less-than qualifier. Both claims are retained in discrepancies, with the producer claim displayed. No full ingredient panel was established from the opened sources. The producer page’s buy-now button data carries a twelve-digit UPC for this exact Chardonnay, and B-21’s product microdata prints the same code; it is stored under identifiers, not in prose. The editor reported purchase from B-21 at $9.99; purchase date was not supplied. The exact retailer offer independently showed that price and in-stock status on 2026-10-03.
Where to buy
- RELAX
- Package
750 ml bottle
- Typical price
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$9.99 / 750 ml bottle
- Also listed
- RELAX Zero Chardonnay · Producer
- Availability
B-21: in stock when checked on 2026-10-03
Prices and availability are independently observed and may change. Retailer listings do not imply endorsement. A different package is labeled as a different format. Reader-service exceptions and commercial links are identified above; neither affects scores, rankings, classification, verification, or editorial coverage.
Product facts
- Producer
- Schmitt Söhne
- Base beverage
- Chardonnay wine
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml bottle
Sources & verification
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Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented7 facts
- Bottle verified1 fact
- Press sourced1 fact
- Retailer sourced4 facts
Sources
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Producer relaxwines.com
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- ABV
- Production
- Method
- Base beverage
- Sugar
- Calories
3 notes
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- Twelve-digit UPC with a valid check digit, read from the producer page’s buy-now data for this exact Chardonnay (markup currently commented out) and independently matched by B-21’s gtin12 microdata on the same date. Not transcribed from a bottle.
- ABV
- Producer prints <0.5% vol. B-21’s different qualifier is retained in discrepancies.
- Production
- Exact Chardonnay page describes vacuum extraction of alcohol from wine.
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Note
- Volume
- 750 ml is readable on the producer’s exact Chardonnay bottle image.
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3 notes
- Producer
- Retailer identifies Schmitt Söhne in the exact product title.
- Country
- Exact product heading identifies Chardonnay from Germany.
- Price
- Live bottle offer matches the editor-reported purchase price; the purchase date is unknown.
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.
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