Rocca Delle Macie, Tuscany

Our wine, history of a passion
Rocca delle Macìe is a young and dynamic winery which in a little over 30 years it has forged a reputation throughout the wine world as one of Chianti’s most highly regarded estates.

It was back in 1973 that Italo Zingarelli at last realized his life-long dream of purchasing the estate “Le Macìe” about 85 hectares of land of which just two planted with vines– and transforming it into a winery at the very heart of the Chianti Classico zone.
In 1985, Sergio, Italo’s youngest son, became personally responsible for the worldwide distribution network and in 1989, with his wife Daniela at his side, was appointed Company President.
As part of Sergio’s long term business strategy and of his determination to achieve quality, he consolidates and developes the paternal company which becomes popular worldwide, gaining many prizes and recognitions for his wines.
The company estate now extends to more than 600 hectares with, in total, more than 200 used as vineyards and 80 as olive groves, subdivided across the company’s six estates: Le Macìe, Sant’Alfonso, Fizzano e le Tavolelle in the Chianti Classico zone, in addition to the recently purchased Campomaccione and Casamaria in the Morellino di Scansano zone.

From the fields to the cellars
The development of Rocca delle Macìe as a commercial venture has been characterized from the outset by, on the one hand, a relationship of reciprocal respect with the terroir, and, on the other, by a consistent commitment towards improving product quality through innovation in the cellars
The successes that Rocca delle Macìe has achieved as a winery are based, first and foremost, on the painstaking approach they take in the vineyards.

This quality-oriented approach dictates low yields per hectare, green harvest and leaf removal being performed during the summer months and a manual harvest directed by expert winegrowers.
The team of winemakers and cellarpersons follow up the hard work done in the vineyards by adopting an equally meticulous attitude in the cellars, which have been expanded and modernized over the years and now feature state-of-the-art fermentation equipment to ensure precise control of the must, as well as modern maturation vessels to ensure optimum ageing.

Indeed, as part of the ongoing endeavor to manage production and interpret consumer requirements as effectively as possible, in 2002 Rocca delle Macìe commissioned the construction of a new cellar dedicated to the ageing of a special selection of red wines.
The cutting-edge maturation area, located on the Le Tavolelle estate, has the capacity to house almost one thousand barriques.