Paxton Wines
McLaren Vale , South Australia
Brands
Paxton Organic & Biodynamic Wines, McLaren Vale
Winery Overview
Five pillars of the Paxton brand story
1. Founder, David Paxton Story
2. The place: Paxton Estate and McLaren Vale
3. Leaders in organic and biodynamic wine production
4. The wines and winemaking approach
5. Top rated & International spread
David Paxton has been one of McLaren Vale’s most successful and well respected viticulturalists over the last 40 years that started with a successful Grape Growing business in the late 1970s in which has evolved into the premium wine business and acclaimed vineyards that he has today.
David Paxton is one of Australia’s best-known viticulturists and consultants. He founded Paxton Vineyards in McLaren Vale with his family in 1979, and has since been involved in various capacities in the establishment and management of vineyards in several leading regions across the country. There are seven vineyards in the family holdings of just under 200 acres: the Thomas Block 125 yr old (28ha), the Jones Block (22ha), Quandong Farm (19ha), Landcross Farm (2ha) and Maslin Vineyard (3.5ha) the 19th Hole and Gateway vineyards.
All seven are certified biodynamic, making Paxton one of the largest biodynamic producers in Australia. Paxton Biodynamic Wines has been awarded "Best Wineries of the Regions, 5 red stars for 8 years in a row" James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion. Gold Medal & Trophy Winning Wines on a Global Scale in multiple wine competitions in the US, EU, UK, ASIA & Australia. 90+ point scoring wines up to 97pts in James Halliday’s Wine Companion, Wine Spectator Magazine, Robert Parker, James Suckling, WBM Magazine, Wine & Spirits magazine and a wide selection of other publications.
Available in
Denmark, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand
Seeking Distribution in
Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Seychelles, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey
Chief Winemaker/s
Ashleigh Seymour (Head Winemaker), Kate Goodman (Consultant Winemaker.
Winemaker Bio
Paxton Wines: Head of Viticulture David Paxton, Vineyard Manager Chris Chapman, Director or Operations, Ben Paxton.
Head of Winemaking, Ashleigh Seymour, Consulting Senior Winemaker, Kate Goodman
Paxton Wines are proud to announce the appointment of Ashleigh Seymour to the position of Winemaker. Ashleigh offers a wealth of experience in Organic and Biodynamic wine production, having spent the previous 10 years and 11 vintages working at the prestigious Biodynamic Estate of Avignonesi in Tuscany, Italy.
Born and schooled in Victoria, Ashleigh completed Oenology at the University of Adelaide followed by vintage positions in numerous Australian companies and wine regions, including Peter Lehmann in the Barossa, The Lane Vineyard in Adelaide Hills, Yarra Burn Wines in Victoria and then Bay of Fires Wines in Tasmania.
She also did a vintage at Domaine André Perret, Condrieu France, working with the world’s most renown viognier vineyards before settling in Tuscany at Avignonesi. Promoted to the board of Avignonesi after only one year she was responsible for developing use of numerous winery technologies integrated with the philosophy of biodynamic wine production, such as optimising grape selection utilising optical selection machines and the necessity to introduce enological products in the winemaking process. Additionally, she also played an integral role in changing in style of winemaking from blends to 100% Sangiovese for the wines under the Montepulciano DOCG appellation, proving that great Sangiovese can stand in its own right. She was an integral component of the team involved in the implementation of biodynamics and conversion to organic production that began in 2010. Avignonesi is now producing internationally acclaimed wines justifying the investment into the biodynamic transition and she is excited about utilising this knowledge to further drive Paxton wines forward in quality and prestige in the domestic and international markets. She also looks forward to working with our trade partners in all markets as she also has a passion for staff education and wine presentations.
Ashleigh has relocated back to Australia with her family and have settled in McLaren Vale. Working with Winemaking Consultant Kate Goodman, who has shown her positive influence over the Paxton range beginning from the 2019 vintage, and Owen Giovine, a qualified winemaker with five Paxton vintages under his belt, Ashleigh will complete the winemaking team at Paxton and Paxton is excited to see where this new team of talented, internally experienced and visionary winemakers will bring to the wine company.
They are in a phase of focusing on improvement in all practices relating to vineyard management, wine production and wine style development. Ashleigh’s appointment will strengthen the rigor in which they pursue their style developments and quality improvements.
