Le Macine is a really lovely place to stay. The villa is large, with 3 evenly sized bedrooms, 2 fully equipped bathrooms and plenty of social entertaining space. The air conditioning was very effective and welcome and Wi-Fi good.
Outdoors, there is a substantial garden and the pool itself is large for a villa - have been to hotels with smaller pools! Eating outside was great in the evening, with the separate doorway to the kitchen also great.
Everything was clean and we did have everything we needed. We did need to buy e.g. washing up liquid, oil, etc so do bear that in mind.
Location-wise, Volterra is around 15 minutes drive away, where there is also a well-sized Conad supermarket. It is on a main road, which is good for getting around but can be noisy at some times of the day.
Alessandro was a very attentive host, and popped by a few times to check everything was going well. We went to his Agriturismo one evening for a meal around 500m up the road, which was an amazing experience.