Pax Wine Cellars, California Chenin Blanc "Helios", 2025 wholesale-only and Gruner Veltliner for a

and Gruner Veltliner for a wine that's both fresh and creamy

Monfalletto is the estate cuvée drawn from that home vineyard

drinking in its tertiary phase

Serve it cool but not frozen so the aromatics come through

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

Pax Wine Cellars, California Chenin Blanc "Helios", 2025 wholesale-only and Gruner Veltliner for aPax 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