85% Merlot en 15% Cabernet Franc. Hosanna 2016 is een meeslepende wijn van boeket tot finale, met kruidige tinten, koffieboontjes en sous-bois. Die heerlijke fraîcheur eigen aan 2016 wordt hier zo mooi in- en uitgepakt dat de herinneringen aan peper en sappige kersjes erdoor worden verheerlijkt. Het zijn die stevige, krijtige tannines die u de leuke structuur cadeau doen. Deze grote Pomerol is opnieuw bijzonder volmaakt, wereldwijd gegeerd en ten zeerste aanbevolen.
IN DE PERS
94 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Januari 2019)
The 2016 Hosanna offers attractive, minerally black fruit on the nose, laced with rose petal and woodland aromas. It shows admirable focus and seems to gain vigor with aeration. The palate is well balanced with silky-smooth tannin and a fine bead of acidity. A classy Hosanna, sleek and seductive, culminating in an utterly harmonious finish. It needs a few years to subsume the new oak, but this is a very promising showing. Burgundy in Pomerol, perchance? Drink 2023-2048.
92-94 Neal Martin – The Wine Advocate Issue #230 - robertparker.com (April 2017)
The 2016 Hosanna is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. It has a clean, detailed bouquet with truffle-tinged black fruit, fine mineralite and impressive vigor, certainly less opulent than some of the Hosannas from the noughties. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, a masculine Hosanna with fine tension, a little savory with black truffle and white pepper sprinkled liberally over the finish. I would have liked more flesh to show on the finish, although that should develop to an extent during its barrel maturation. Give this three or four years in bottle. Drink: 2020-2040.
95+ Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (Januari 2019)
The 2016 Hosanna is a big, powerful wine. Far more introverted and brooding than it was en primeur, Hosanna gives the impression of a wine that is going to need quite a bit of time to fully recover from bottling. Today, the fruit is a bit muted, although the wine's power, depth and overall structure are very much present. Mocha, espresso, grilled herbs and leather build into the dark, somber finish. Drink 2026-2056.
94-96 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (April 2017)
The 2016 Hosanna is outrageously beautiful. Creamy, ample and powerful, yet also remarkably light on its feet for such a big wine from clay soils, it exudes finesse from start to finish. The 2016 simply has it all. As always, the flavor profile leans toward the darker end of the spectrum, with hints of mocha and chocolate that are quite complementary. The tannins are there, but they are nearly buried by the sheer intensity of the fruit. With time in the glass, the 2016 becomes more and more captivating. Hosanna is often a wine of allure. The 2016 is that, but it is incredibly elegant as well.
95+ Lisa Perrotti-Brown - robertparker.com (April 2017)
The 2016 Hosanna is composed of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Medium garnet-purple colored, it comes spilling out of the glass with the most beautiful floral perfume of lilacs and lavender over a core of black and red cherries, black raspberries and cedar chest plus hints of tobacco and chocolate mint. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is elegantly styled with beautiful floral and cherry layers framed by velvety tannins, finishing long and fragrant. Drink 2021-2043.
97 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (Maart 2017)
96-97 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (Maart 2017)
This really shows a lot at the end of the palate with a powerful, tannic finish. Even so, the fruit and flavor profile are very, very impressive. Lots of dark fruit and walnut undertones. Muscular Hosanna.
93 Jane Anson – decanter.com (April 2017)
Just a beautiful dense, rich, perfumed Pomerol, with supple coffee and chocolate touches and ripe tannins. 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc from 4ha of gravel and red clay on iron-rich subsoil. Drink: 2027-2050.
18/20 Jancis Robinson – jancisrobinson.com (April 2017)
Very deep crimson. Heady and seductive nose. Both rich and lifted. Real substance and richness. Polish and depth. Massive dimension. Panoply of spice and fruit. Very exciting. Drink: 2025-2045.
93-96 James Molesworth - Wine Spectator – winespectator.com (April 2017)
Delightfully ripe and pure, with cassis, cherry puree and creamed raspberry notes gliding through, carried by a polished structure and ending with a floral hint. Remarkably integrated already.
93 Tim Atkin – timatkin.com (April 2017)
Some of the vineyards on gravelly soils suffered in 2016 but Hosanna, with its high percentage of old vines on the plateau, appears to have coped just fine. It’s a grippy, sappy, savoury Pomerol with scented oak, plenty of underlying structure and a floral lift. 2024-34.
94-95 Bettane & Desseauve (April 2017)
16,5-17,5/20 Revue des Vins de France (April 2017)
94 Jean-Marc Quarin – quarin.com (April 2017)
16,5/20 Jacques Dupont – Le Point (April 2017)
17-18/20 Gault & Millau (April 2017)
HosannaHosanna werd op korte tijd een ikoon. Het ontstond in 1999 uit het beste perceel van 4,5 hectare van het voormalige Certan Guiraud, waarvan 3,5 in productie in 2022. De ligging, hoog op het plateau van Pomerol, is spectaculair: ten Noorden ligt Lafleur, ten Oosten Petrus en ten Zuiden Vieux Château Certan. Hosanna wordt gemeenzaam omschreven als "de Cheval Blanc van Pomerol" omwille van de 30% Cabernet Franc in de wijngaard. Het trackrecord is nu al "fameux": zo werd het ondermaats bevonden 2002 nooit te koop aangeboden en benadert de 2009 de perfectie. De lat ligt hoog…
MoueixChristian Moueix is net zoals zijn legendarische vader, Jean-Pierre Moueix, vereenzelvigd met Pomerol. Na zijn studies aan UC Davis eind de jaren 1960, vervoegde hij de Ets. Jean-Pierre Moueix waarvan hij de leiding nam. Zijn zoon Edouard staat nu aan zijn zijde. Hij bestuurt een indrukwekkend imperium dat ondermeer La Fleur Pétrus, Trotanoy en Hosanna omvat in Pomerol, Bélair Monange in Saint Emilion en Dominus in Napa Valley. In 2008 werd hij “Decanter Man of the Year”. | 
