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Bonzarone is a DOC wine now produced solely by Tenuta Bonzara, a Bolognese winery located in the Municipality of Monte San Pietro (Bologna), where it owns vineyards in DOC and DOCG areas.

The ownership of the winery is now attributable to the Lambertini family, following the purchase in the first post-war period by the noble Garagnani family, who settled in nearby Crespellano in 1464, continuing, in addition to their own activities, the local winemaking tradition.

The wine is produced with 100% selected Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and is one of the finest in the Colli Bolognesi and Emilia-Romagna. The quantities produced are limited and vary from year to year due to the careful selection in the vineyard, which takes place both before and during the harvest.

Background
The name of the Bonzarone wine has historical origins as it first indicated, since the Middle Ages, an owner of agricultural land dedicated to viticulture (characteristics outlined by Lucio Columella's De Re Rustica), then the wine produced only on a specific area of the Bolognese Hills, next to Mount Bonzara, called San Chierlo. The term, studied by the University of Urbino, Institute of Languages "Leone Traverso", has Latin roots (Bonzaronis), the etymology probably deriving from BON (good) + Slavic root ZAR (<czar, volg, from caesar) = autocrat, sovereign and therefore: "Good Sovereign" of the Bolognese Hills.

Technical features
Type: Cabernet Sauvignon DOC Colli Bolognesi

Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Soil type: clayey and calcareous

Vine training system: espalier spurred cordon

Grape yield per hectare: 70 quintals

Harvest: manual

Harvest period: late September-early October

Vinification: fermentation in steel and maceration for about 30 days at 24-26 ° C

Malolactic fermentation: done Aging: in French barriques for 12 months, in bottle for 18 months

Alcohol content: 14,5%

Tasting notes
Color: intense, deep garnet red

Bouquet: complex and lively, it recalls the scents of the forest with herbaceous and pepper hints. Still earthy notes, rhubarb, plums, eucalyptus, cedar, tobacco and cherries in alcohol.

Taste: full, dry, harmonious, rightly tannic, with hints of red fruits and licorice

Service temperature: 18-20 °C Food pairings: elaborate first courses, red meats, aged cheeses

Awards and acknowledgments
94/100 WINE SPECTATOR 2001 - THREE GLASSES GAMBERO ROSSO 1996 - 1997 -2005, INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE 2005, THE INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION, BRONZE AWARD 2004, FIVE BUNCHES DUEMILAVINI AIS 1996, 80/100 LUCA MARONI YEARBOOK OF THE BEST ITALIAN WINES 1996 -1997, 86/100 LUCA MARONI YEARBOOK OF THE BEST ITALIAN WINES 2005, 87/100 LUCA MARONI YEARBOOK OF THE BEST ITALIAN WINES 2013, 5th INTERNATIONAL ENOLOGICAL COMPETITION THE SELECTION OF THE MAYOR 2006, SILVER MEDAL 2004, AIS EMILIA ROMAGNA TO DRINK AND TO EAT 2012, MENTION OF EXCELLENCE 2009, FOUR SCREWS - GUIDE VITAE AIS ITALIA 2021.