Named for grower Jeff Gower, this is a Lenswood Pinot Noir, flush with black plum, dusky cherry, wild blackberry, with wild mushrooms, big flake salts on a juicy, muscular, frame. Root beer scoots throughout, as does a cola note, right up to the spicy finish. Hard to call this Pinot fleshy at 12.8%, but tasted next to the skinny Skin n' Bones, that visual comes to mind. Youthful, with presence, finesse and longevity. Clones 117, 114, 115 were 90% whole bunch pressed and spent 1 month on skins before resting in Vosges-sourced oak (1/4 new).
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