Azienda Agricola Marzocco di Poppiano

The Marzocco Agricultural Company is located in the Chianti Colli Fiorentini area, on the hill of Poppiano, a splendid medieval settlement dominated by a castle. The family business was established in 1975, when Alberto Chini and his wife Meri Lori purchased the Marzocco, Pretale, and La Massa estates from the Conti Guicciardini Corsi Salviati family. It covers an area of about 70 hectares, of which 35 are vineyards and 8 are olive groves. Since 2014, the company has been starting a new project that begins with the zoning of the land and the inventory of the company clones. Among the other vines present, four clones of Sangiovese, a Canaiolo from the 1950s, an interesting Trebbiano Toscano, and the Malvasia lunga of Chianti have been identified. These are joined by international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Soon, new vineyards will come into production where Vermentino and Viognier are also present. Starting from the 2015 vintage, the plots and the grape varieties have been vinified separately. The olive groves, about 2,000 plants, are registered in the olive tree registry of the I.G.P. Toscano and are located in four different plots. Among the other cultivars present, we find: Moraiolo, Frantoio, Pendolino, Leccino, Leccino del Corno, and Coreggiolo. Every year, depending on the quality, the olive crops and the best cultivar are selected to produce monovarietal oil. Vinification is carried out separately for parcels, in order to express the peculiarities of the soils. We are committed to respecting the environment, which means practicing agriculture that is attentive to the land and nature to enhance their properties and flavors, but that also reacts to unforeseen events when necessary, in order to safeguard the plants and the product. Before the harvest, each company parcel is checked in its ripening curve, which differs both by soil and by grape variety. Throughout the company's production, the harvest is done manually. For the parcels intended for bottling, a selection of the best bunches is made, which will be further checked on the sorting table. By appointment only, booking at azienda@marzoccopoppiano.it IG: marzocco_poppiano