Essex · England

Libertine. English sparkling wine, without convention.

A contemporary take on English sparkling wine — precise in its ambition, expressive in its character and confidently its own.

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Crafted in England. Made to stand apart.

Libertine brings the quality and energy of English sparkling wine into a distinctive modern identity. It is a reminder that thoughtful production and imaginative branding can create something both serious and full of personality.

There's a moment of joy that accompanies opening a bottle of fine sparkling wine. Great still wines are solemnly appraised, but sparkling wines demand the company of friends, partners, and lovers. Libertine is a celebration of these bonds of pleasure.

Low-lying Essex has witnessed the steepest rise in reputation of any of England's burgeoning wine regions — a county largely composed of clay, gravel and sand that has been dragged and deposited from elsewhere.

Long, dry summers give Essex a head start. Fruit flavours are always a tad more exuberant than elsewhere, and the body of the wine is inherently fuller. Beyond this, there's something irrepressible and spirited about this estuarine corner of England that spills over into Libertine.

It's a collaboration between two English Masters of Wine who have spent much of their time in exile, winemaking abroad. Essex surprised them too. For sparkling wine, it seems, there really is no place like home.