Rocca delle Macie 2023 Sasyr Toscana IGT 750ml

Italo Zingarelli, the film producer behind the Trinity westerns, bought the Le Macìe estate in Castellina in Chianti in 1973 and turned it into one of Chianti Classico's benchmark houses; the family still runs it, with Luca Francioni making the wines. The wine's name is a contraction of its two grapes: 60% Sangiovese, 40% Syrah, fermented separately at controlled temperature to hold colour and fruit, with the Syrah given six months in barrique while the Sangiovese stays in steel. Intense ruby. Cherry, blackberry and raspberry over pepper, tobacco and vanilla. Supple, fresh, velvet-tannined, persistent.

Pairing: grilled red meat, roast pork, sausage ragù, aged pecorino.