Chile’s Miguel Torres is the model behind Serena Mode, a brand new non-alcoholic model created from actual varietal fruit — listed on the label — and vintage-dated. Two dealcoholized expressions are at the moment out there. Let’s give them a attempt.
2024 Serena Mode 0.0 Sauvignon Blanc – A giant, juicy, golden grape juice expertise, this can be a pretty bluntly candy expertise that drinks extra like Martinelli’s than desk wine. A contemporary inexperienced apple and lemon assault finally takes issues in a tropical path, ending on pineapple and mango. There’s simply sufficient acidity to persuade you this isn’t fruit juice, although it by no means fairly comes throughout as a simulacrum of wine. All instructed, it’s as simple an expertise as I’ve had within the N/An area. B
2024 Serena Mode 0.0 Cinsault Rosé – This reasonably pink rose is a bit beefy on the nostril, reminding me maybe of carmenere or syrah over cinsault, the meaty character fading right into a kind of smokiness with time in glass. That in flip strikes on to notes of dried florals and potpourri, however this all clears because the palate hits you with some extra typical fruitiness — pink berries, specifically strawberry. The end cleans issues up with a fairly, floral reprise, although it may strike the tongue as a bit inexperienced at occasions. B+
every $15
2024 Serena Mode 0.0 Sauvignon Blanc
USD15
