Libertine Wines -- 'You Are Still Alive' Tempranillo

I’ve been on the hunt for “cool local wine” and this is exactly what I had in mind. Winemaker Alex Nealy is “producer of neo-natural non-interventionist experimental wines from the Willamette Valley in Oregon.” This is a 2020 wine, a wine that, as you and I, survived 2020. Alex says of this wine “We all have something that damn near killed us. You are reading this. I am writing this. We are still alive.”

Grape: Tempranillo 100%

Region: Dion Vineyard, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon

Farming: Organic, LIVE Certified Sustainable

Winery: Wild yeast, zero additives, unfiltered, unfined, aged in neutral oak