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Pax Mahle Wines

United States: California: North Coast: Sonoma County

Pax Mahle Wines is a boutique winery in Sonoma County, California, known for producing expressive, site-driven wines with a focus on cool-climate Syrah and other Rhône varieties. Founded in 2000 by Pax & Pamela Mahle, the winery emphasizes minimal intervention winemaking, utilizing whole-cluster fermentation, native yeasts, and neutral oak to highlight the purity and energy of the fruit.

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Wine releases by year

2026

  • 2023 North Coast Syrah Mountain Tops Syrah

2025

  • 2024 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Chenin Blanc (9/16/2025, $45), 2022 El Dorado County Funny Bug Mourvèdre-Grenache (9/16/2025, $25), 2022 Sonoma County Hill & Moon Cabernet Sauvignon (9/16/2025, $65), 2019 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Grenache (9/16/2025) (9/16/2025)
  • 2024 Lodi Clements Hills The Bench Vineyard Vermentino (7/1/2025, $30), 2023 Sonoma County Russian River Valley Fanucchi-Wood Road Trousseau Gris (7/1/2025), 2022 Sonoma Coast Majik Vineyard Syrah (7/1/2025) (7/1/2025)
  • 2023 California Helios Chenin Blanc (3/18/2025), 2023 North Coast Syrah (3/18/2025), 2023 Lodi Clements Hills The Bench Vineyard Syrah (3/18/2025), 2023 Sonoma County Sonoma Hillsides Syrah (3/18/2025), 2022 Sonoma County Bennett Valley Radiant Ridge Vineyard Grenache/Mourvedre (3/18/2025) (3/18/2025)
  • 2022 Russian River Valley Castelli-Knight Ranch Syrah (1/14) (1/14)

2024

  • 2022 El Dorado County Syrah ($32), 2021 Sonoma Coast Majik Vineyard Syrah ($65), 2021 Sonoma County Russian River Valley Castelli-Knight Ranch Syrah ($75) ($75)
  • 2022 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay ($38), 2023 Sonoma County Alta Monte Gamay Noir ($38), 2022 Sonoma Coast Nellessen Syrah ($48), 2022 Sonoma Coast Griffin’s Lair Vineayrd Syrah ($48) ($48)
  • 2023 Lodi Clements Hills The Bench Vineyard Vermentino ($30), 2023 Russian River Valley Goldridge Soils Pinot Blanc ($38), 2023 Amador County Lyman Ranch Vineyard Chenin Blanc ($38), 2023 Sierra Foothills Alpine Peaks Gamay Noir ($38), 2022 Sonoma Coast Rancho Coda Gamay Noir ($38), 2022 North Coast Syrah ($34) ($34)
  • 2023 Monterey County Alder Springs Vineyard Chenin Blanc, 2022 Sonoma Coast Rhyolite Chardonnay, 2022 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Mourvedre

2023

  • 2021 Napa Valley St Helena Fulton Lane Cabernet Sauvignon (35 cases, $125), 2021 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah ($60) ($60)
  • 2022 Sonoma County Russian River Valley Fanucchi-Wood Road Trousseau Gris ($30), 2022 Amador County Lyman Ranch Chenin Blanc ($38) ($38)
  • 2020 North Coast The Vicar Grenache-Mourvedre ($40), 2020 Sonoma Coast Majik Vineyard Syrah ($65), 2021 North Coast Syrah ($32) ($32)
  • 2020 Mendocino County Yorkville Highlands Grizzly Peak Syrah ($60), 2022 Russian River Valley Dutton Ranch Shop Block Pinot Blanc ($38), 2022 Lodi Clements Hills The Bench Vermentino ($30) ($30)
  • 2021 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay ($38), 2021 Mendocino Grenache/Mourvedre/Syrah ($48), 2022 Sonoma County Sonoma Hillsides Syrah ($60), 2022 Lodi Clements Hills The Bench Vineyard Syrah ($32), 2022 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Chenin Blanc, 2021 Sonoma Coast Armagh Vineyard Syrah, 2021 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah, 2022 Lake County Luchsinger Vineyard Charbono

2022

  • 2021 Sonoma County Sonoma Hillsides Syrah ($55) ($55)
  • 2021 Sonoma County Trousseau Gris ($30), 2021 Clements Hills The Bench Vineyard Vermentino ($28), 2020 North Coast Syrah ($36), 2020 Sonoma Coast Syrah, 2019 North Coast The Vicar Grenache-Mourvedre ($40) ($40)
  • 2020 North Coast Syrah ($30) ($30)
  • 2021 Santa Cruz Mountains Marine Terraces Chenin Blanc ($36), 2021 Amador County Lyman Ranch Chenin Blanc ($30) ($30)
  • 2021 Lodi Clements Hills The Bench Vineyard Syrah ($32), 2020 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah, 2021 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Chenin Blanc

2021

  • 2019 Mendocino County Buddha's Dharma Vineyard Chenin Blanc ($30), 2018 The Vicar Grenache-Mourvedre ($40), 2019 Sonoma Hillsides Syrah (975 cases, $48) (975 cases, $48)
  • 2019 Sonoma Coast Armagh Vineyards Syrah (126 cases, $55), 2019 Sonoma Coast Griffin's Lair Vineyard Syrah (96 cases, $60) (96 cases, $60)
  • 2020 Fanucchi-Wood Rd Vineyard Trousseau Gris ($28), 2020 Luchsinger Vineyard Charbono ($28), 2018 Castelli-Knight Ranch Syrah ($60) ($60)
  • 2019 Dazed & Carbonic Syrah/Viognier/Trousseau Gris ($28), 2020 Bearg Vineyard Trousseau Noir ($38) ($38)
  • 2020 Alpine Peaks Gamay Noir ($30), 2020 Alta Monte Gamay Noir ($38) ($38)

2020

  • 2019 Bearg Vineyard Trousseau Noir ($38), 2019 Mondeuse Noire (56 cases) (56 cases)
  • 2019 Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard Trousseau Gris ($28), 2019 Lodi Mokelumne River Somer’s Vineyard Mission ($24), 2016 Sonoma County Russian River Valley Castelli-Knight Ranch Syrah ($60), 2016 Sonoma Coast Griffin's Lair Vineyard Syrah ($60) ($60)
  • 2018 Sonoma Hillsides Syrah ($48) ($48)
  • 2018 Alder Springs Syrah ($55), 2018 Buddha's Dharma Vineyard Chenin Blanc ($30), 2017 North Coast The Vicar Grenache-Mourvedre ($40) ($40)
  • 2019 North Coast Syrah ($30) ($30)

2019

  • 2016 Mendocino County Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah ($55) ($55)
  • 2016 Pax The Vicar Grenache/Mourvedre ($40), 2017 Mendocino County Buddha's Dharma Vineyard Chenin Blanc ($30), 2018 Sonoma Coast Gamay Noir ($40), 2018 North Coast Syrah ($30) ($30)
  • 2017 North Coast Syrah ($30), 2018 Qual Run Vineyard Valdiguié($26), 2018 Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard Trousseau Gris ($26) ($26)
  • 2017 Armagh Syrah

2018

  • 2015 North Coast The Vicar Grenache-Syrah ($40), 2014 Sonoma Coast Griffins Lair Vineyard Syrah ($65) ($65)
  • 2016 Mendocino County Buddha's Dharma Vineyard Chenin Blanc ($26), 2015 Mendocino County Alder Springs Syrah, Mendocino County ($55) ($55)
  • 2017 Sonoma County Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard Trousseau Gris ($26), 2017 Solano County Quail Run Vineyard Valdiguie ($26) ($26)
  • 2016 Sonoma County Sonoma Hillsides Syrah
  • 2017 Sonoma Hillsides Syrah