Sparkling White Cuvée

Open this one and you get a proper mousse rather than the flat fizz that sinks a lot of alcohol-free sparkling. Hollow Leg makes it in Galicia, Spain, de-alcoholising finished wine instead of building a drink out of juice and bubbles. The nose is bright and clean, citrus peel and pear, and the palate stays lively and crisp, with acidity balanced well enough to carry a long finish. Serve it at 6 to 8C, cold enough to keep the bead tight. It works as an aperitif or as the bottle you open when everyone else is opening something. Nutritionally it is light, roughly 4 calories and 0.17g of sugar per 100ml, which puts a 150ml glass near 6 calories with well under a gram of sugar. The ingredient list runs to four things: de-alcoholised wine, grape extract, natural flavour and sulphites.