- Colour Red
- Producer Château Hosanna
- Region Pomerol
- Drinking 2025 - 2038
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
2016 - Ch Hosanna Pomerol - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château Hosanna
- Region Pomerol
- Drinking 2025 - 2038
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
Select pricing type
Need help? Call +44 (0)20 7793 7900 or email wine@goedhuiswaddesdon.com.
-
Goedhuis, April 2017, Score: 93-95
Boasting Vieux Château Certan, Certan de May and Pétrus as neighbours, the relatively recently renamed Hosanna is one of the many great estates under J-P Moueix ownership. A densely rich and concentrated wine, this has notes of mocha, liquorice and black fruits. Lots of intense sweetness, with a rounded tannic structure. Long and full. DR
-
Neal Martin, January 2019, Score: 94
The 2016 Hosanna offers attractive, minerally black fruit on the nose, laced with rose petal and woodland aromas. It shows admirable focus and seems to gain vigor with aeration. The palate is well balanced with silky-smooth tannin and a fine bead of acidity. A classy Hosanna, sleek and seductive, culminating in an utterly harmonious finish. It needs a few years to subsume the new oak, but this is a very promising showing. Burgundy in Pomerol, perchance? 2023 - 2048
-
Neal Martin, April 2017, Score: 92-94
The 2016 Hosanna is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. It has a clean, detailed bouquet with truffle-tinged black fruit, fine mineralite and impressive vigor, certainly less opulent than some of the Hosannas from the noughties. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, a masculine Hosanna with fine tension, a little savory with black truffle and white pepper sprinkled liberally over the finish. I would have liked more flesh to show on the finish, although that should develop to an extent during its barrel maturation. Give this three or four years in bottle. Drink Date 2020 - 2040
-
Antonio Galloni, January 2019, Score: 95+
The 2016 Hosanna is a big, powerful wine. Far more introverted and brooding than it was en primeur, Hosanna gives the impression of a wine that is going to need quite a bit of time to fully recover from bottling. Today, the fruit is a bit muted, although the wine's power, depth and overall structure are very much present. Mocha, espresso, grilled herbs and leather build into the dark, somber finish. 2026 - 2056
-
Antonio Galloni, April 2017, Score: 94-97
The 2016 Hosanna is outrageously beautiful. Creamy, ample and powerful, yet also remarkably light on its feet for such a big wine from clay soils, it exudes finesse from start to finish. The 2016 simply has it all. As always, the flavor profile leans toward the darker end of the spectrum, with hints of mocha and chocolate that are quite complementary. The tannins are there, but they are nearly buried by the sheer intensity of the fruit. With time in the glass, the 2016 becomes more and more captivating. Hosanna is often a wine of allure. The 2016 is that, but it is incredibly elegant as well.
-
James Suckling, April 2017, Score: 96-97
This really shows a lot at the end of the palate with a powerful, tannic finish. Even so, the fruit and flavor profile are very, very impressive. Lots of dark fruit and walnut undertones. Muscular Hosanna.
-
Matthew Jukes, April 2017, Score: 18+
There is a little bit more sweetness in Hosanna than some of the other Pomerols and with the controlled (not excessive) oak this is further enhanced, giving this wine a very sexy aroma. The palate is not too lean, nor is it too tannic and I think that once it has lost its grip, in five or so year’s time, this will be one of the stars in the Moueix firmament.
-
Jancis Robinson, April 2017, Score: 18
Very deep crimson. Heady and seductive nose. Both rich and lifted. Real substance and richness. Polish and depth. Massive dimension. Panoply of spice and fruit. Very exciting. Drink 2025-2045
-
Tim Atkin, May 2017, Score: 93
Some of the vineyards on gravelly soils suffered in 2016 but Hosanna, with its high percentage of old vines on the plateau, appears to have coped just fine. It’s a grippy, sappy, savoury Pomerol with scented oak, plenty of underlying structure and a floral lift. 2024-34
Producer
Château Hosanna
Region
Pomerol
The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.
