Originating in Clos Baulet (next to Clos Sorbe) and Blanchard, the Forey 2006 Morey-St.-Denis 1er Cru is scented with fresh red berries, ripe purple plum, and forest floor; rather demure on entry but polished and expansive, with well-integrated wood, cardamom, cocoa powder, bitter herbal, and crushed stone accents; and finishes with fascinating interactivity, lift, length, and elegance. This refined, subtle, beautifully-proportioned Pinot is a lovely example of 2006-specific virtues that should persist for at least 6-8 years in bottle but are already tempting. Regis Forey insists that only negligible triage was necessary on his 2006 crop, and in addition to the advantages of lees contact conferred by protracted and relatively late malolactic transformation, he also did some active stirring to fatten the young wines. Finished alcohol levels in this collection vary between what appear on the basis of taste to be an ideal 12.5%-13.5%, and with the exception of an uncooperative portion of his village Vosne-Romanee, none of these wines was filtered. Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990