2022 Phillippe Viret “Les Colonnades” Vin de FranceAnother single vineyard wine, Les Colonnades is planted to 100 year old Grenache and Mourvdre in pebbly red clay and limestone. Philippe picks purposefully late so that the Grenache teeters on the brink of over maturity, but it remains adamantly on the fresh side of the divide, and this tardy harvesting imbues it with a wealth of autumnal character and spicy, tobacco y depth. The articulation of iron inflected minerality here is truly profound and it