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Three (3) years of conversion, and, starting from 2023, Zisola estate has been officially certified as organic!

From the very beginning, Mazzei Zisola in the Sicilian province of Noto, right next door to the Maltese Islands, have built a respectful relationship with the land, cultivating all the estate’s produce – vines, oranges, tangerines, lemons and almonds – without any use of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides or chemical fertilisers, as tradition demands. The fertilisation of the land is managed through green manure which is the mechanical rotation of wild herbs and the reuse of organic waste for composting.

Azisa, with the 2023 vintage, is the first wine to obtain organic certification, which proudly bears on its label. 2023 should arrive soon. We will update the stock levels online when it does.

Cradled within a magnificent natural landscape that also takes in olives, citrus orchards and almond groves, the Mazzei family continues its intention of enhancing the native vines of Sicily.  Zisola vineyards are all bush-trained using the traditional Sicilian wine vine “alberello” method, with a density of 5,500 vines per hectare. The climate is typical of southern Mediterranean islands, with mild winters and hot, dry summers, alleviated by breezes from the Ionian Sea which, thanks to Zisola’s elevation, bring a cooling influence. The soil is rich in limestone and stony gravel, an ideal combination that favours wines of great complexity, refinement and dense, elegant structure. The pedo-climatic (areas of relatively homogenous soil type and climate conditions) peculiarities of Zisola estate, combined with the “alberello” (bush) training system and the harvest in two steps, guarantee a vertical, fresh, complex and, especially, long-lasting wines.