It’s a new vintage of 93-point, single vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir from a reader favorite winery! The Tin Barn Ricci Vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir is today’s Insider Deal.
The winery behind our highest selling Zinfandel deal of all time is back and this time they’ve brought an extremely small production Pinot Noir!
And what a special Pinot it is.
It comes entirely from a small, family-owned vineyard on the Sonoma side of Carneros that has been lovingly farmed by the Ricci family for over 100 years. A combination of 777 and Pommard clones, the wine was aged for 18 months in French oak.
Just a tiny 278 cases were produced and now you’ve got a chance to get some of them at XX% off! We think the 2021 vintage we are offering today is just as good as the 2020 we previously offered, so we rate it accordingly at 93-points.
This wine normally sells for $36, which is pretty reasonable for Pinot Noir of this quality.
For the next day, however, you can get 3 bottles of the 2021 Tin Barn Ricci Vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir for just $XX.95 ($XX.XX/bottle), a discount of XX%!
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This 3-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, 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 3-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.
Read on for our full review.
Clicking on the Add To Cart button above will take you to our checkout at shop.reversewinesnob.com. Once there you can adjust the quantity of 3-packs in your order. You can also check out our gift note options (including video messages). Ends Sunday 1/26/2025 at midnight (PT).
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!
Along the outskirts of Sonoma, on a foggy slope facing the San Pablo Bay, lies a small family estate farmed by the Ricci Family for more than a hundred years. The fruit we source from this vineyard is a combination of two clones, 777 and Pommard, resulting in a silky, supple Pinot Noir.
Harvested: September 18th, 2021
Barrels: 100% Neutral French Oak
Aging: 18 months
Bottled: March 9th, 2023
TA: 5.3 g/L
Production: 278 casesProduced and Bottled by Tin Barn Vineyards
Alcohol: 14.2%
Cork
And now on to our review:
The 2021 Tin Barn Vineyards Ricci Vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir pours a beautiful light red in the glass. It opens with a lovely, classic aroma of cherry, rhubarb, cola, baking spice and cranberry along with touches of tomato plant and earth. This is Pinot Noir through and through.
Tasting reveals lots of delicious, juicy cranberry and cherry along with licorice, cola, some light earthy flavors and nice touches of spice. Pretty much everything from the nose shows up in the mouth which is a very good thing. Plus, it’s all wrapped up in a wonderfully silky-smooth mouthfeel. This is VERY tasty.
It ends dry, very long and juicy with some spice at the very end. It might have even been a bit smoother on day 2 if that’s possible. This is a fabulous example of Carneros Pinot once again!
Cheers,
Jon
2021 TIN BARN RICCI VINEYARD CARNEROS PINOT NOIR
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Get the 2021 Tin Barn Ricci Vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir 3-Pack while you can! It ends Sunday 1/26 at midnight Pacific.
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