Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Sergio Zingarelli

This wine is particularly suited for red meat dishes, game and hard cheeses, but can also be enjoyed by itself. Recommended pairings: Roast lamb with rosemary and garlic; Tuscan-style sausages and beans; game, especially pheasant and wild boar.

Rocca delle Macìe was established in 1973 when Italo Zingarelli – producer of Ettore Scola’s “We All Loved Each Other So Much” and also of the wildly popular series of films featuring comedy duo Bud Spencer and Terence Hill (including “They Call Me Trinity” and “Trinity Is Still My Name”) – decided to realize his lifelong dream by acquiring the “Le Macìe” estate – extending across 93 hectares (230 acres) in all of which only two were under vine – in order to create a winery in the heart of the Chianti Classico zone.

The grapes for this wine are selected by hand within the best vineyard of Le Macìe estate in Castellina in Chianti, “Le Terrazze Vineyard”. Average altitude: 1180 - 872 feet above sea level. The soil type is Miocene deposits very calcareous marls with an alkaline clayey-sandy texture.

After completing the malolactic fermentation, the wine matures in French barriques from the Tronçais region for about 18 months. It then refines for another year in the bottle before being released.

Riserva di Fizzano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione is fermented using the most advanced techniques to preserve the grapes’ natural concentration and, after 10 days of alcoholic fermentation, the must goes through 15 days maceration before being a transferred into wooden barrels for the malolactic fermentation.