Storia
Arrival in Maremma — 1998
In 1998, the Zingarelli family expanded beyond its established activities in Chianti Classico and entered Maremma in search of another area suited to viticulture. The family acquired Tenuta Campomaccione within the Morellino di Scansano zone, making it its first estate in Maremma.
The acquisition comprised 80 hectares. Approximately 25 hectares were subsequently devoted to vineyards planted at a modern density of 6,000 vines per hectare. The varieties associated with this initial vineyard project were Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot.
Establishment of the vineyards — 1999 and 2002
The estate records vineyard plantings in 1999 and 2002. These vineyards were established on dry, hilly ground composed of quartz-rich sandstone with a predominantly sandy-loam texture and generally sub-acid reaction. Spur-pruned cordon and Guyot became the stated training systems.
Environmental program — from 2000
Campomaccione forms part of Rocca delle Macìe’s broader family-owned agricultural business. In 2000, that business began withdrawing a number of environmentally invasive techniques and introduced an internal sustainability protocol intended to rationalize consumption of water and other non-renewable resources, avoid waste, and limit the effect of human activity on the ecosystem.
Campomaccione today
The estate remains in the ownership of the Zingarelli family through Rocca delle Macìe. Its present vineyard surface is 25.29 hectares, accompanied by 0.59 hectares of olive groves. The vineyards extend from approximately 30 to 131 metres above sea level and are used for estate wines bearing the Morellino di Scansano DOCG and Maremma Toscana DOC denominations.
Terroir
Tenuta Campomaccione lies in Maremma, within the Morellino di Scansano area in the Province of Grosseto. Its vineyards occupy dry, hilly terrain at elevations ranging from approximately 30 to 131 metres above sea level, with a prevailing north to north-west exposure.
The soils are formed from quartz-rich sandstone. Their texture is sandy loam and their reaction is generally sub-acid.
The local climate is warm, supporting full grape ripening. Maritime air from the nearby sea carries salt into the estate’s environment and contributes to the aromatic character developed by the grapes.
Vinificazione
Campomaccione’s vineyards were established as modern, relatively high-density plantings of 6,000 vines per hectare. The vines are trained to spur-pruned cordon and Guyot, with recorded planting years of 1999 and 2002.
Within the wider Rocca delle Macìe agricultural program, an internal sustainability protocol has been in place since 2000. Its objectives are to reduce and rationalize the use of resources such as water, air and soil, prevent unnecessary waste of natural resources, and minimize disturbance to ecosystem balance. Vineyard management combines newer monitoring, control and maintenance techniques with established traditional practices.
The family’s viticultural approach has progressively shifted from treating an entire vineyard simply as a production unit toward examining its component parcels as uniform individual sections, with the objective of obtaining grapes and wines with a more clearly differentiated territorial character.
Filosofia
The decision to acquire Campomaccione was driven by the Zingarelli family’s intention to explore a Maremma territory with established viticultural potential. The estate project couples dense modern vineyard plantings with attention to the interaction of its dry hills, warm climate, quartz-rich sandy soils and maritime air.
Campomaccione operates within the family’s broader “Qualità Globale” framework. This approach gives grape quality priority over the subsequent cellar process and increasingly treats individual parcels as distinct territorial units. The stated ambition is to produce wines that communicate a recognizable landscape rather than functioning only as technically sound beverages.
Environmental stewardship forms another part of this framework. The family presents the territory as an asset to be protected, combining contemporary vineyard technology with traditional practices while seeking to reduce resource consumption, waste and human pressure on the surrounding ecosystem. Family continuity is also central: management remains family-based, with the third generation now active in vineyard, cellar, hospitality and commercial responsibilities.