Hosanna Pomerol 2021

95 points James Suckling: "This is polished and fragrant, expressing notes of plums, mulberries, chocolate, nutmeg and hazelnuts. Medium- to full-bodied, silky and elegant with creamy layers of dark fruit. Very fine tannins. Long and seamless. Try after 2026. (7/8/24)"

95 points/'Cellar Selection,' Wine Enthusiast: "[$139 list] Cedar and sandalwood aromas come from this wine. They presage great richness with ripe blackberry fruits alongside the dense tannins. A blend of Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc, the wine is ripe and juicy, with a firm aftertaste, set for aging. Drink from 2028. Alcohol 13.5%. (Jul 2024)"

94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "One of my favorite châteaux, the 2021 Château Hosanna is 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc from 4.5 hectares of blue clay soils in the heart of Pomerol. Harvest between September 24 and October 6, it has a vivid opaque purple hue to go with beautiful black and blue fruits, iron, graphite, and damp earth-like aromas and flavors. It's rich, medium-bodied, and has good concentration and ripe yet building tannins. This quintessential Pomerol deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will shine over the following 15-20 years. Drink: 2028-2049. (4/3/24)"

94 points Georgina Hindle (Decanter): "Ripe and fragrant black fruit on the nose, cherries and blackcurrants. Grippy, vibrant and rich, an element of quite perfumed fruit here. It tastes on the border of being overly ripe in terms of fruit concentration, but has a very lean, direct texture that is streamlined with an undercurrent of liquorice, cola and salty minerality. It comes together nicely on the chalky, slightly spiced finish. Charming and confident. Drinking Window: 2027-2048. (Dec 2023)"

94 points Jeff Leve (The Wine Cellar Insider): "Spicy black plums, chocolate, licorice, espresso, chocolate, and cherry blossoms create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is equally creamy, and fresh, allowing allowing its display of chocolate-covered black cherries, espresso beans, black plums, blackberries, spices and mint shine. The long, supple, concentrated, creamy finish hits the spot. Yields were low this year at only 28 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-2050. (3/9/24)"

93 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2021 Hosanna offers a solid showing in bottle, mingling aromas of cassis and minty blueberries with notions of baking chocolate, licorice and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered, it's comparatively rich for the vintage, with sweet, powdery tannins and a spicy finish. Drink: 2027-2041. (2/8/24)"

93 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2021 Hosanna is certainly one of the stronger efforts in Pomerol in this vintage. The bouquet comes racing out with ebullient black fruit that verges on too opulent (like I found some of the early vintages of Hosanna). Quite peppery and almost feral, touches of menthol come through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied, showing plush black fruit laced with white pepper, thyme and graphite, the latter especially evident on the aftertaste. It does settle in the glass after 5 minutes—an impressive Pomerol considering the vintage. Drink: 2029-2050. (Feb 2024)"

93 points Peter Moser (Falstaff): "Dark garnet with purple tints at the rim. Ripe cherries, a touch of noble wood, nuances of cranberries and liquorice. Complex, juicy, tight texture, fine fruit sweetness, mineral, ripe tannins, good length, notes of nougat and cherries on the finish. (5/27/22)"

93 points Rod Smith (TimAtkin.com) (May 2022).