Sutter Home Fre Alcohol Removed Cabernet Sauvignon, California, USA

Description

If wine were a movie, this one would be a rom-com with all the tension but none of the kissing.

Sutter Home’s Fre Alcohol-Removed Cabernet Sauvignon is like your designated driver in a bottle — dependable, polite, and a little bit awkward at parties. It gives a convincing first impression with its deep ruby color and whiff of dark berries, but as you dive in, it politely declines to bring the alcohol — or the drama.

On the palate, it delivers gentle notes of blackberry, plum, and maybe a whisper of oak — more like an echo of Cab than the full-throated aria you'd expect. The tannins are so soft they might be made of marshmallows, and the finish sneaks away before you’ve realized it was there.

This isn't a wine to brood over or pair with your dry-aged steak. It's for Tuesdays, baby showers, or when you want to feel included at book club but still make your 6 a.m. Pilates class. It’s Cabernet Sauvignon, lightly ghosted.