Château Hosanna

The château

Hosanna is a small vineyard with famous neighbors. Its 4.5 hectares sit in the middle of the Pomerol plateau, with Château Lafleur to the north, Petrus to the east, Château La Fleur-Pétrus to the west and Vieux Château Certan to the south. The land has an old pedigree: it belonged to the estate of the de May family, who settled on the plateau in the 16th century and planted one of the first vineyards of the appellation there. Later it was part of Château Certan-Giraud. When Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix bought Certan-Giraud in 1999, the house kept only its highest parcels on the plateau and gave them a name of their own.

The soil is blue clay over red gravel, on the iron-rich subsoil the Libournais call crasse de fer. The vines are 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, 40 years old on average, and a good part of the Cabernet Franc goes back to 1956. The harvest is by hand and sorted by hand and then by machine, and the wine ferments in temperature-controlled vats of concrete and stainless steel before 16 to 18 months in French oak, 50% of the barrels new. The 2014, from a cooler, more classic year, which I tasted in October 2025, set ripe fruit against real energy and freshness, a reflection of the soil and of careful winemaking.

At a glance

Appellation

Pomerol

Commune

Pomerol, in the middle of the plateau

Classification

No classification

Owner

Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix, since 1999

Vineyard

4.5 hectares; vines 40 years old on average; Cabernet Franc from 1956

Soil

Blue clay over red gravel, on crasse de fer Terroir of Pomerol →

Grapes

Merlot 70%, Cabernet Franc 30%

Cellar

Picked by hand; sorted by hand and by machine; concrete and stainless steel vats; 16 to 18 months in French oak, 50% new

Before 1999

Part of Château Certan-Giraud

Took in

Château Certan-Giraud