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2005 Rotllan Torra Tirant
Proprietary Blend: 750ml
$78.99
about this wine:
This wine is named for Tirant Lo Blanc, a heroic medieval knight who responded to the feudal chivalry ideals and principles proper to the Middle Age. His heroic deeds range from medieval tournaments to unceasing wars and maids and princesses rescuing.
This hero is strong and clever but also refined and elegant; he symbolizes a dark-colored wine with substance-- huge, with structure and richness in tannins, strong and powerful but also subtle and exquisite.
points awarded:
WA 9595 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2010
The 2005 Tirant is composed of 35% Garnacha from a 90 year old parcel, 35% Mazuelo (Carinena) also 90 years of age, with the balance equal portions of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Merlot that was aged for 14 months in new French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it sports an enthralling nose of liquid mineral, exotic spices, incense, lavender, and roasted black fruits. Already complex, dense, sweetly fruited and structured for the long haul, this is a powerful, lengthy Priorat that should drink well through 2030, perhaps longer. -JM

