Château Hosanna - Pomerol 2014 (750ml)

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Producer	Château Hosanna
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Pomerol
Varietal	Bordeaux Blend
Vintage	2014
Sku	08078
Size	750ml

 

Fascinating aromas of crushed raspberries, stones and flowers. Full-bodied, dense and concentrated with fruit, wet concrete and walnut skin. A wine that is tight and structured. Needs time to soften. Try in 2022.

This is a small, 10-acre property, owned by the Moueix family, at the heart of the Pomerol plateau. With its 30% Cabernet Franc it is perfumed and ripe, giving delicious black fruits as well as a firmer structure. The wine is set for a long aging with great potential. Drink from 2024.
Cellar Selection

The 2014 Hosanna followed the 2014 Latour-à-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.

Very dense, with a wall of ganache and loam holding the core of steeped fig, blackberry and black currant fruit in check for now. The tannins are evident yet ripe, and seem to be slowly melding with the fruit. The finish drips with dark earth notes. Patience is required. Best from 2020 through 2035.

The 2014 Hosanna is a perfect example of this vintage; classic, balanced, and elegant, with little in the way of wow factor yet loads of charm. Ripe currants, black cherries, tobacco leaf, forest floor, and hints of incense all emerge from this medium-bodied, elegant, sweetly fruited, and silky Pomerol that’s already drinking beautifully. Enjoy it anytime over the coming 15 years or so.

From the JP Moueix stable. Dark fruit and cassis notes. Lovely weight and texture. Plentiful but fine tannins. Less overt power and more finesse than some years. But depth and structure all the same.