INSIDER DEAL! XX% OFF Tin Barn Pickberry Vineyard Cab and Merlot

SAVE $XX on 92-93 point Sonoma Mountain beauties from the famed Pickberry Vineyard! Reader favorite Tin Barn Vineyards returns with two extremely small production wines (just 591 and 126 cases produced respectively).

These are no expense spared delights, each aged 19 months in French oak. Complex, deep and delicious we dubbed the Merlot “Pure Pleasure” on previous offers and that is equally as true of the Cabernet. Today’s 4-pack deal includes two bottles of each wine.

The Merlot has been offered many times in the past and is highly requested but this time we’re upping the ante and are including the excellent Cabernet Sauvignon as well.

These wines normally retail for $45 for the Cab and $42 for the Merlot, but we’re slashing that price dramatically…

For the next two days you can get 2 bottles of the 2021 Tin Barn Pickberry Cab plus 2 bottles of the 2021 Tin Barn Pickberry Merlot for a total of 4 bottles for just $XX.95 ($XX.XX/bottle). That’s a discount of XX%, saving you over $XX a bottle and a total of $XXX on this deal!

This 4-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY. (These states are dependent on the individual licenses of the offering winery and are not representative of all our deals. Every deal can have different, sometimes more, sometimes less, states available.)

Shipping is a flat $6.99 per order, no matter how many 4-packs you buy. Packages ship in cardboard (no styrofoam) via UPS Ground 5-10 days after the deal ends. If this is your first time ordering please check out the shipping section of our FAQ for more information. You can now also select a UPS Store to ship to at checkout (with no extra fees) so you don’t have to be home to sign!

Read on for our full reviews.

Clicking on the Add To Cart buttons above will take you to our checkout at shop.reversewinesnob.com. Once there you can adjust the quantity of 4-packs in your order. Ends Sunday 3/2/2025 at midnight (PT).

Up first, let’s take a look at the 2021 Tin Barn Vineyards Pickberry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. You will receive two bottles in today’s 4-pack.

From the winery:

Tin Barn Vineyards celebrates those hidden treasures that lie off the map. Our wines highlight the true character of Sonoma County.

High atop the ridges of the Sonoma Coast, just off Tin Barn Road, lies a remote plot of Syrah vines. From this fog enshrouded slope, we sourced grapes for our very first wine and found inspiration for our name. That was back in 2000.

In the years since, winemaker Michael Lancaster and his business partners have made a fitting home in our own “tin barn” – a warehouse in rural Sonoma that serves as both cellar space and tasting room. Here, we craft and share our award winning, single-vineyard wines that are cherished for their uncommon balance and elegance. Our tasting room offers guests a relaxed and unpretentious window into our winemaking process. Come visit us sometime!

Pickberry Vineyard sprawls over 30 rolling acres on the northeast slope of Sonoma Mountain. Planted in the 1980s in volcanic soil, the vines are subject to balmy days and cool nights which contribute an exquisite fruit expression with balanced velvety tannins.

Varietal Composition: 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot
SONOMA MOUNTAIN – PICKBERRY VINEYARD
Harvested: September 20, 2021
Barrels: 8% New French Oak, 16% Once-Used French Oak
Aging: 19 months
Bottled: April 24, 2023
Alcohol: 14.5%
pH: 3.70
TA: 6.5 g/L
Production: 591 cases

Produced & Bottled By Tin Barn Vineyards
14.5% Alcohol
Cork

And now on to our review:

The 2021 Tin Barn Vineyards Pickberry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a bit shy when first opened but with time you’ll find quite a complex aroma. Black cherry, spice, cedar, licorice, dried herbs, black tea, tobacco, mint and more all combine very harmoniously. It’s a great start.

Taking a sip reveals it to be smooth and juicy with all those same touches from the nose combining very nicely in the mouth. Again, it needs a couple hours to open up but then it just keeps getting better with more and more nuances coming out. Balanced, structured and with good depth, this is perhaps a bit more on the elegant side of things as far as Cabernet goes but however you describe it, it is delicious.

It ends dry, quite long, grippy on the satisfying finish and was similar on day 2.

Next, let’s take a look at the 2021 Tin Barn Vineyards Pickberry Vineyard Merlot. You will receive two bottles in today’s 4-pack.

From the winery:

Vineyard Notes: Pickberry Vineyard sprawls over 30 rolling acres on the northeast slope of Sonoma Mountain. Planted in the 1980s in volcanic soil, the vines are subject to balmy days and cool nights.

Production Notes: 126 cases produced

Vintage: 2021
Varietal: Merlot
Appellation: Sonoma Mountain
Vineyard Designation: Pickberry Vineyard
Harvest Date: 09/20/2021
Acid: 5.8 g/L
pH: 3.61
Aging: 19 months in 40% New French Oak & 60% Neutral French Oak
Bottling Date: 04/24/2023

Produced & Bottled By Tin Barn Vineyards
14.2% Alcohol
Cork

And now on to our review:

The 2021 Tin Barn Vineyards Pickberry Vineyard Merlot begins with a strong and simply wonderful aroma of dark fruit, vanilla, spice, cocoa, licorice, leather and more.

It only takes one sip to discover this is pure pleasure. In the mouth you’ll find lots of rich, juicy fruit loaded with all those same touches from the nose – vanilla, spice, cocoa, leather, licorice and more wrapped up in a smooth mouthfeel. If you enjoy wines with a lot of oak influence, this is the one for you! There’s nothing subtle about it including the tannins.

It ends dry, grippy, very long and juicy with lots of lingering flavors and was just as good on day 2.

Quite tasty now, this is likely to improve over the next couple of years and indeed once opened, it gets even better the more time it has to breathe.

Cheers,
Jon

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