Château Hosanna, Pomerol, 2022

Name: Château Hosanna, Pomerol
Brand: Château Hosanna
Price: 860.74 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2003 2005 2008 2019 2020 2022 2023

justerini & brooks tasting note

Produced from 74% Merlot and 26% Cabernet Franc on gravel and red clay on iron-rich subsoil. Hosanna is usually the most extravagant wine in the JP Moueix line-up. A quite wild and intoxicating bouquet of sweet black cherry, black tea, cooked meats, truffle, tar, eucalyptus, liquorice and mocha. This is very true to form - packed with decadent, plush dark fruits, boysenberry, raspberry, plums, creme de menthe - seamless and pure. There’s a lot of mass here and a touch of alcohol, but it finishes with freshness and salinity. Hosanna fans will be enthralled.

critic reviews

96/100Chris Kissack,The Wine Independent

From a vineyard well up on the plateau of Pomerol, this is 76% Merlot and 24% Cabernet Franc. I find fragrant summer berries on the nose here, red cherry and raspberry, crushed and concentrated, layered with Cabernet complexities, juniper and mint, as well as streaks of pomegranate molasses, toast and cigar box. I certainly find it enticing, and the palate does not disappoint, although it moves away from the fragrant perfume of the nose to present darker layers of fruit, all blackberry, currant and smoky pepper, with a sense of freshness despite the dark chocolate and tarry tones, and with time scented notes of rose and violet reappear, touching base with the aromatic profile. Lovely tannic structure here, ripe, toasted, tight-knit but evident, clearly marking this one out as for the cellar. A big step up in the Moueix portfolio with this wine.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2060

date of review 06/2025

94/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Intense, concentrated, very different in character form many in the vintage in Pomerol; this delivers palma violets, a touch chalky, intense liquorice drops, umami texture here, impressive, velvety, drawn out, good quality with vintage signature without being heavy. 4.5ha, harvest September 5 to 19.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2042

date of review 03/2025

94/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2022 Hosanna has a plush, ripe, outgoing bouquet with copious blackberry and blueberry fruit aromas unfurling in the glass, perhaps dispensing with some delineation. However, there is certainly purity of fruit in situ. The palate is more refined, controlled and blessed by a silky-smooth texture with touches of dark chocolate-infused black fruit and mocha manifesting toward the finish. It resembles the Hosanna's of the early noughties in some ways, though it should age well in bottle.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2050

date of review 02/2025

93-95/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Offering up aromas of blackberries, minty blackcurrants, licorice and spices, the 2022 Hosanna is full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a broad, velvety attack that segues into a layered, fleshy mid-palate of ripe but lively fruit that's framed by polished tannins. This is always one of the more extravagant wines in the Mouiex portfolio, but in 2022 its exuberance remains in check.

date of review 04/2023