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2014 Château Hosanna

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Latest Sale Price

May 1, 2022 - $130

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RATINGS

95+ Vinous / IWC

...rich, bold and dramatic, with all of its customary intensity on display. Black cherry, blueberry jam, plum, lavender and exotic spice overtones crescendo as this dramatic, sweeping Pomerol shows off its grandiose personality. Ample and voluptuous, but with plenty of underlying structure, it possesses fabulous depth as well as pedigree.

95James Suckling

...aromas of crushed raspberries, stones and flowers. Full-bodied, dense and concentrated with fruit, wet concrete and walnut skin.

94Wine Enthusiast

...perfumed and ripe, giving delicious black fruits as well as a firmer structure.

93The Wine Advocate

...veering more towards red rather than black fruit, crushed strawberry and mulberry, tinged with clove and bay leaf....palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and impressive fruit concentration....finishes with a sense of confidence and style.

93Wine Spectator

Very dense, with a wall of ganache and loam holding the core of steeped fig, blackberry and black currant fruit in check for now...tannins are evident yet ripe...finish drips with dark earth notes.

91Jeb Dunnuck

...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...

17Jancis Robinson

Scented and alluring. Some lovely fresh Cabernet Franc aromas and a silky texture. Very winning indeed in a medium register. Lots of refreshment...

PRODUCER

Château Hosanna

Château Hosanna is an 11-acre estate in Pomerol that was formerly part of Château Certan-Giraud. Though it has an long history, Château Certain-Giraud was purchased in 1999 by Christian Moueix and divided into Château Hosanna and Château Certan Marzelle. Hosanna is 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, and about 18,000 bottles are produced a year. Château Certain Marzelle is the second wine, which is 100% Merlot.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Pomerol

Pomerol is the smallest of Bordeaux’s red wine producing regions, with only about 2,000 acres of vineyards. Located on the east side of the Dordogne River, it is one of the so-called “right bank” appellations and therefore planted primarily to Merlot. Pomerol is unique in Bordeaux in that it is the only district never to have been rated in a classification system. Some historians think Pomerol’s location on the right bank made it unattractive to Bordeaux-based wine traders, who had plenty of wine from Medoc and Graves to export to England and northern Europe. Since ranking estates was essentially a marketing ploy to help brokers sell wine, ranking an area where they did little business held no interest for them. Pomerol didn’t get much attention from the international wine community until the 1960s, when Jean-Pierre Moueix, an entrepreneurial wine merchant, started buying some of Pomerol’s best estates and exporting the wines. Today the influential Moueix family owns Pomerol’s most famous estate, Château Pétrus, along with numerous other Pomerol estates. Pomerol wines, primarily Merlot blended with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, are considered softer and less tannic than left bank Bordeaux.