PAX ÆTERNA Single Vineyard Barossa Old Vine Grenache 2025
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In early Spring, Huon, Dan & Theo tasted through the 2025 Grenache batches, barrel by barrel, and there was a complete agreement on the 2025 vintage wines being absolutely spectacular across the board! The Schild Vineyard batch that goes to Pax Aeterna was a shining highlight again with the now 93 year old vines delivering a wine of bright-fruited intensity and concentrated lip-smacking flavour.
Whole-bunch (34%) 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. On the palate, it's complex, breezy and lively, with bright red fruits and lip-smacking fine tannins that leave you wanting more.
Pax is more than an iconic Grenache, it’s also our original chillable red - for years top somms around have been telling us that customers love it when they serve it chilled! Pax is the type of wine you can pair with all manner of delicacies like roast duck or chicken terrine, or keep it simple - pop it in the esky on the way to a pool party with wood-fire pizza.
With only 493 doz made, this wine sells out without fail.
Winemakers: Daniel Chaffey Hartwig, Theo Engela + Huon Fechner
Varietal: Grenache
Region: Barossa Valley
Country: Australia
Alc/Vol: 14.3%
pH: 3.7
Acidity: 5.4
2025 ~ Too new for reviews!
2024
92pts "Grapes sourced from the 90-year-old grenache vines from Kevin Schild's vineyard in Vine Vale. Super crunchy and high-toned in the glass with characters of raspberry, juicy plum and cranberry fruits cut with exotic ginger spice, amaro herbs, dried citrus rind, gingerbread, cola and earth. Light on its feet with a minerally cadence, some light meaty tones on the palate, silty tannins and a whole lot of drinking enjoyment." - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
Real Review - awarded Silver + TOP RANK
Bright ruby colour. Raspberry and red peppercorn aromatics. Juicy and fresh red berry fruit on entry, paprika and sumac spices with a hint of dusty earth adding interest. Good length and finishes with a stylish flush of powdery tannins. Drink to 2032
Stuart Knox, The Real Review
92pts "Bright and red-fruited with aromas of raspberry bush, cherries, citrus peel, dried flowers and licorice root. The palate is vibrant and crunchy with a plush mouthfeel and fine-grained tannins. Made from 91-year-old-vines with 35% whole-cluster fermentation. Fresh and perfumed." - James Suckling
2023
92pts (Silver) Old-vine grenache off Kevin Schild's vineyard in Vine Vale; 30% whole bunches. A light ruby colour and fragrant aromas of raspberry, red plum and cranberry fruits dabbed with exotic ginger spice, light amaro tones, dried citrus rind and pressed flowers. Airy and spacious with a meaty, savoury flow across the tongue, light chalky tannins tugging at the roof of the mouth and a lively, lacy line of acidity - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
90pts "Notes of rosemary mix with rose and raspberry on the pretty nose. The palate offers depth yet its texture is airy and the tannins glide across. It's a delicious young grenache that favours elegance over brawn." Gabrielle Boy, The Real Review
2022
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, Wine Front
2019 92pts "Bright raspberries and some florals here with a fresh, intense impression on the nose, leading to a ripe, supple palate that has plenty of ripe, smooth, raspberry and red-plum flavor. Fresh, flavorful and fun style." - James Suckling Reviews
