Château Hosanna, 2025
Château Hosanna, 2025
- 75cl
- 14%
- Red Still
- Merlot, Cabernet Franc
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Château Hosanna sits on some of Pomerol's most coveted terroir, where the Ets Jean-Pierre Moueix team craft wines of extraordinary elegance and depth. This 4.5-hectare jewel occupies part of what was once L'Evangile's vineyard, with vines planted on the plateau's famous gravel and clay soils that give Pomerol its distinctive character.
What the critics say:
"Dark ruby garnet, violet reflections, delicate edge brightening. Fine nougat, dark wild berry confit, delicate notes of precious wood, a hint of candied orange zest, inviting bouquet. Complex, juicy, elegant, sweet texture, ripe berry fruit, silky tannins, mineral and good persistence, salty aftertaste, a full-bodied food companion with secure ageing potential."
"The 2025 Hosanna is a wild, exotic beauty. Creme de cassis, cloves, licorice, chocolate and espresso soar out of the glass, conveying tons of sheer richness and power. As is often the case, Hosanna is quite the extrovert. There is certainly no shortage of intensity here. Plush contours wrap around the flamboyant close. "
Hosanna's 4.5 hectares occupy prime real estate on Pomerol's central plateau, where deep gravel beds sit over blue clay subsoils. This combination provides excellent drainage while retaining moisture during dry spells, creating ideal conditions for Merlot. The vineyard's elevation and gravelly surface warm quickly, promoting early ripening and concentration while the clay beneath adds structure and longevity to the wines.
Pomerol is Bordeaux's smallest great appellation, covering just 800 hectares on the Right Bank. Unlike other Bordeaux regions, it has no official classification system, yet commands some of the highest prices globally thanks to estates like Pétrus and Le Pin. The clay and gravel soils favour Merlot, creating wines of exceptional elegance and complexity that age gracefully for decades. Pomerol's intimate scale means most properties are small, family-run affairs producing limited quantities.
The 2025 Bordeaux vintage emerged from one of the most demanding growing seasons in recent memory — the earliest budbreak since 1989, June temperatures second only to 2003 since records began, and an unusually early harvest beginning in August for the whites. Conditions that should have produced heavy, overripe wines. They didn't. Decanter's Georgie Hindle, who tasted close to 200 wines ahead of the formal campaign, describes "exceptional concentration, aromatic purity and a freshness that contradicts the record-breaking heat.
The early critical consensus places 2025 stylistically between the precision of 2020 and the structure of 2016, with the brightness of 2023 — a combination that suggests a very serious vintage indeed. Yields are dramatically low, the smallest crop since 1991, with production across the Gironde running around 15% below the five-year average. The quality is here. There simply isn't very much of it.
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