Pax Wine Cellars, California Chenin Blanc "Helios", 2025 wholesale-only Hand-harvested and aged 18 months

Hand-harvested and aged 18 months in used oak feuillettes in Raveneau's famously cold cellars

One of the Loire's most serious red wines

built on lift and freshness rather than weight

4 ha south-facing site planted in the early 1980s on stony clay-limestone soils below Premier Cru slopes

Pax Wine Cellars, California Chenin Blanc "Helios", 2025 wholesale-only Hand-harvested and aged 18 monthsPax Mahle made his name on profound California Syrah, but Helios is his love letter to the Loire: a Chenin Blanc with cutting freshness and a honeyed, waxy core. The fruit is whole cluster pressed from three organically farmed California sites, from Amador County's Lyman Ranch to the Santa Cruz Mountains and Alder Springs up north. Fermented in stainless steel and Stockinger barrels, it stays mineral and taut rather than oaky. This is a serious, food