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As Edouard Moueix noted, this is “a little more serious than usual” – structured and precise, this is a really impressive Hosanna. The Cabernet Franc (25% of the blend, the rest Merlot) leaps out on the nose – adding a vibrant and refreshing herbaceous edge, with much more crunchy blackcurrant style fruit in contrast to the other Moueix wines in the line-up. There’s a serious graphite note that gives the wine great precision. On the palate, this is super ripe, with very slightly warming alcohol, the fruit plush and mouth-filling, but framed by a firm grip of tannins. The finish is full of rich, dark fruit with a fresh redcurrant bite and something that is almost blue raspberry, with sweet cocoa and chai spice from the 50% new oak.
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James Suckling
James Lawther MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Here the focus is on taut, tight and knitted-down fruit. Keeps its integrity and purity through the palate, so think blueberry and blackcurrant, concentrated but with juice and precision. The underlying flavours are spice box, cigar, gunsmoke, with a texture of slate and crushed stone, showcasing both power and minerality. Overall the feel is architectural - pointed, austere, closed down but extremely precise and impressive. Harvest September 17 to 20, yields around 42hl/ha.
Sporting an opaque purple-black color, the 2020 Hosanna gallops out of the glass with bright, vivacious scents of crushed black and red plums, mulberries and redcurrant jelly, leading to underlying scents of powdered cinnamon, lilacs, pencil shavings and damp slate with a hint of wild sage. The medium to full-bodied palate is exquisitely constructed, giving lots of nuanced, tightly wound black fruits and earthy layers with a fine-grained texture and seamless freshness, finishing long and mineral laced.
This shows very intense, old-vine character with bark, black mushroom and dark fruit. Full-bodied and creamy with unique flavors of earth and fruit. Layered and soulful. The best Hosanna ever? Merlot and cabernet franc. 45% from old vines, dating from the late 1950s.
About the producer
Château Hosanna is a relatively young wine label in Pomerol, but one with some of the richest heritage in the entire region. It couldn’t be better situated with Château Lafleur to the north, Vieux Château Certan to the south and flanked on either side by Pétrus and Château Lafleur-Pétrus.