2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

Stephen Pandy

Dark fruits and tons of milk chocolate on the nose. On the palette I tasted dark (mildly salty) licorice similar to a Finnish candy called salmiaki. I get the dark fruits and chocolate but the wine finishes somewhat abruptly, leaving you with a slight bitterness. All-in all a great wine at a great price!

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

Antonio Touriño

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

drew benz

Lots of cocoa on the nose as well as cold wine cellar. Reminds me of a chilled peanut butter cup. Palate on this wine is decent, light, refreshing, perhaps boring. Light dry cocoa dusted raspberries with more of the same on the fairly bitter finish. Not bad.

Tasting Tags: cocoa light peanut_butter_cup raspberries

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

jackpot

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

captm

This wine made my day, or maybe my whole week. If anything, this wine is 'different', and gives you the sensation of drinking a fine wine. Its bouquet is a delicious perfume, where lilac is predominant among other sensations. It's robust, mature, displays firm and wonderful tannins, and a well balanced and harmonious blend among the three varietals. The 25% Cabernet Sauvignon balanced deliciously against the 50% Grenache and the rest. It's acidity is evident and just right. We had a turkey dinner with it. I did not decant it, however, decanting may be in order due to its unfilter condition and residual sediment in bottle. Great and very pleasing juice.

Tasting Tags: lilac tannins violet

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

Howard Yermish

Fabulous aromas of dark chocolate, strawberries, cherries and just a little oak. Huge explosion of cherry on the palette and then the dark chocolate on the mid-palette. Good long finish that adds some leather, tobacco and green apple. This wine is really quite good and well worth seeking out.

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

tarheel17

I like this. As others have noted, the milk chocolate on the nose is inescapable. In my case, it smelled as if you had taken Hawaiian simoi (dried seeds and fruit, often with sweet, salt, and sour intensity) and covered them in nestle quick. There are also strawberries and raspberries to boot. Quite fun.
The palate: milk chocolate...lots of milk chocolate plus fruit (sour cherry for sure, and other red fruits). Unfortunately, the finish is a bit bitter, though the chocolate does last as long as the bitterness. Unfortunately, it's bitter milk chocolate, not dark chocolate, which I'd love. Still, very cool experience. Definitely worth $15.

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

mre

Nose: This wine had an amazing nose that was quite unique. Detected dark fruits with the interesting twist of peanuts, maybe even peanut butter. I would enjoy smelling this wine for a while. Taste: Somewhat different from smell, more oak/tannins and again veggies but nice fruit finish that complimented overall taste well. Was a little let down on taste though after the amazing smell. Still a good wine!

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

Nico Sanchez

This is a total explosion without being a new-world fruit bomb. I'm not a fan of chocolate and there was dark chocolate ALL OVER this wine... and I enjoyed it! The chocolate and licorice aspects, very intense on the nose also translated to the palate where I also found dark flowerpot, chocolate raspberry, and a tinge of motor-oil notes. Also excellent tannins. Highly recommended!

+ or - evals... Distinct varietal character: +, Integration: +, Expressiveness: +, Complexity: +, Connectedness: +

Tasting Tags: amiciwineclub priorat spain

2001 Rotllan Torra Reserva Priorat

stephy rodriguez

full bodied. nose with hints of twizzlers and milk. very interesting. rich flavor with strong sour cherries and hints of vanilla. very acidic on the finish. interesting nose- i would get this bottle again just to smell it!!!! yummy.

Tasting Tags: amiciwineclub