Vintage
2023
ABV
14.3%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
After another sell out vintage, the long awaited 2023 is here and ready in time to raise a glass this WORLD GRENACHE DAY. Bottled Grenache energy. Whole-bunch vibes emanate throughout, poised like a raspberry packed jack-in-a-box that has a sprinkling of dried cranberry thrown over the top before jamming the lid shut. Smells like Spring; cool but sunny... it's all fresh raspberries, cranberry and musk. On the palate, it's breezy and lively, with bright red fruits and lip-smacking fine tannins that leave you wanting more. Vibrant, complex and complete... this is everything we've loved about our favourite PAX vintages, wrapped up in one epic release. Think spring picnics in the sunshine, wood-fire pizza or enjoy at your local laneway eatery... PAX is one wine that can't be pigeon-holed!
PAX ÆTERNA* {Eternal Peace} Single vineyard old (survivor) vine Grenache. Nouveau style with 30% whole bunch. This is bare Barossa beauty. Our friend Kevin Schild, is the custodian of these gnarly 90 year-old vines on a beautiful site in Vine Vale (GPS coords: 34° 29'07" S 139° 00'57"). Unfined & unfiltered. Only 588 dozen made.
Accolades
2022 Vintage:
92pts "A floral nose of rose hip, sliced strawberries and pitted red cherries. Full-bodied with silky tannins. Juicy and fresh with the floral character continuing onto the palate, accompanied by some attractive leafy undertones." - James Suckling
92pts •"It took grenache roughly 150 years to become an overnight success in Australia but the glory days of Aussie grenache are upon us. This release is fresh, delicate, laced with dry spice and tannin, juicy with fruit, and high in drinkability. It feels authentic because it is. Raspberry characters with a glow to them. Earth notes inlaid. Everything on firm/sure tippy toes, ballerina-like, elevated and exact. There’s texture here too, warm texture, silk fresh from the ironing board, treated right. A lovely drink, it is." - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
91pts "Velvety layers of deep raspberry and pomegranate fruit with rose petal heart, sage leaf, green peppercorn and a wink of a dark savoury edge. Fine and precise, balanced finish with brightness and clarity. Nothing too complex, this is a juicy, joyous and easily consumed wine!" - Regan Drew
Winemaker
Daniel Chaffey Hartwig + Theo Engela + Huon Fechner
Winemaker's Bio
Born in the Barossa's Eden Valley of German heritage, Daniel Chaffey Hartwig felt a natural pull to winemaking. As a child, the Barossa’s back blocks were his adventure playground. School holidays were spent picking grapes before working the tasting bench at Penfolds, folllowed by a career as a wine broker and creative consultant. Chaffey Bros represents the fruition of a long dream to ply his family's trade in his beloved Barossa.
Brother in-law, Theo Engela, fled a career as a government economist to join Chaffey Bros to work on "the business-side-of-things" but falling into the winemaking vats, so to speak, before too long. Theo loves the opportunity wine gives to pull multiple passions into one creative endeavour.
