Rosé
82/100
The short takeFresh acidity balances a soft, rounded palate with some textural substance. The combination is refreshing, but the fruit carries only briefly after swallowing, limiting persistence.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
In the glass
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Appearance
Deep salmon pink.
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Nose
Dark berries and red apple.
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Palate
Light in body, with a gently rounded mouthfeel and some textural substance. Refreshing acidity gives the palate definition and balances its soft texture.
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Finish
Fruit lingers briefly after swallowing, then fades. A refreshing impression of acidity remains through the short close.
Structure
- Light body
- Short finish
- Rounded
The wine
Fresh acidity gives The Substitute Rosé its definition. The body is light, while the texture has a gentle roundness and some substance. Acidity balances that softness, keeping the palate refreshing. The light body and rounded mouthfeel work well together.
Deep salmon pink in the glass, it provisionally suggests dark berries and red apple on the nose. Those aromatic impressions remain tentative. The clearer impression is the shape of the palate: soft through the sip, with freshness giving it direction.
Fruit holds for a moment after swallowing, then falls away quickly. Acidity stays behind as the final impression. That short carry limits the wine’s persistence, even though its refreshing quality remains. The acidity and gently rounded texture are its strengths; the brief finish keeps the overall impression modest.
The bottle
Production Dealcoholized
Evidence Bottle verified
Production type describes how it is made, not how it tastes. What this classification means.
Method Undeclared
Research notes
The pictured Rosé front label explicitly states alcohol-removed wine and less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. The retailer places it in Germany. No removal equipment is named for this SKU.
Verified facts
Evidence: Bottle verified · 6 sources
- Not disclosed Method Undeclared
Where to buy
- Package
750 ml
- Typical price
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$16.99 / 750 ml
- Availability
The Zero Proof single-bottle listing was in stock on 2026-10-10.
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
- Bottle / can
- 750 ml
Sources disagree on Product.
Sources & verification
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Product: The retail page calls this Merlot Rosé; the pictured front label says Rosé without a grape variety. The record keeps the label name and preserves Merlot Rosé on the sourced purchase link.
Evidence at a glance
- Bottle verified6 facts
- Producer documented1 fact
- Secondary source1 fact
- Retailer sourced4 facts
Sources
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Bottle / can label Bottle label
- Physical package
- Physical nutrition
- Country
- Ingredients
4 notes
- Physical package
- Merlot grapes. Dealcoholized wine from Hungary, superseding earlier retailer-based Germany claim. Distributed by The Zero Proof Holdings, Inc., Atlanta, GA 30318. Lot 0301001. Best before 12/09/2027 retained verbatim; date order unspecified. Barcode matches stored identifier. Flavor and pairing text is producer copy, not firsthand evidence.
- Physical nutrition
- Five servings per bottle; per 150 ml (5 fl oz): 27 calories, total fat <0.5 g, trans fat 0 g, carbohydrate 6.6 g, total sugars 5.3 g, protein <0.5 g. No added-sugar figure supplied.
- Country
- Physical bottle declares Hungary; earlier retailer country Germany superseded.
- Ingredients
- Physical label: grapes, concentrated grape must, carbon dioxide, dimethyl dicarbonate, sulphites.
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Note
- Production
- Inspected the pictured front label; alcohol-removed wine is explicitly printed.
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2 notes
- Price
- Current listing, not the editor's actual purchase price.
- Volume
- The Zero Proof lists 750 mL.
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2 notes
- Calories
- Retailer card: 27 calories per 5 fl oz serving; 5 servings per container.
- Sugar
- Retailer card: total carbohydrate 6.6 g, total sugar 5.3 g, includes 0 g added sugars.
Additional sources
- Karl Hill physical bottle labels, 2026-10-18
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
- ReviewedReviewed and published.
- OpenDiscrepancy · ProductThe retail page calls this Merlot Rosé; the pictured front label says Rosé without a grape variety. The record keeps the label name and preserves Merlot Rosé on the sourced purchase link.