Forey's 2006 Bourgogne combines a crisp, tart fruit edge of red currant and cherry with pungent hints of resin and orange peel for a zesty, satisfyingly juicy performance that should remain worth experiencing and offer good value for at least 2-3 years. The prominence of new barrels; the favoring of 500- and 350-liter capacity; and other aspects of the wine's elevage are the same as for his village wines, and little different from that of his crus, because, Forey rhetorically asks, why give your Bourgogne any less care and attention than you do your other wines? 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