2014 Chateau Hosanna, Pomerol 1x750ml

Vinous 89?

The 2014 Hosanna has an upfront and plush nose, perhaps one that you might associate more with Michel Rolland’s winemaking style than J-P Moueix. Red berry fruit, cola, fig and curry leaf, perhaps even a touch Rhone-like? The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannins, lower acidity than its peers, and moderate depth, but it has a rather one-dimensional finish that needs more brightness and vivacity. I feel that Hosanna made far superior vintages after this, and bottles should be consumed in the next four or five years. I am not entirely convinced how representative this bottle is, hence the question mark. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting. [Neal Martin, 19/03/2024]

Robert Parker 93

The 2014 Hosanna followed the 2014 Latour-a-Pomerol at my tasting at J-P Moueix. To be frank, it did not quite possess the same breeding and precision as that wine, veering more towards red rather than black fruit, crushed strawberry and mulberry, tinged with clove and bay leaf. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and impressive fruit concentration. Here is the real quality: a structured and quite masculine Hosanna, albeit with genuine complexity, allspice and clove intermixed with dusky black fruit and freshly cracked black pepper. It finishes with a sense of confidence and style. Hopefully the aromatics can improve during bottle age; I strongly suspect that they will. [Neal Martin, 28/09/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040