'Via Scopeti, San Casciano in Val di Pesa Florence, Italia"
10" x 3" pastel painting
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The buildings on the horizon and the vineyards are part of the Villa Mangiacane. The review at Google stated "At the heart of an estate that reigns over 300 hectares of vineyard, olive groves and majestic Tuscan forest, in the famed winemaking region of Chianto Classico."
10" x 3" pastel painting
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I love the rows of cypress trees.
The buildings on the horizon and the vineyards are part of the Villa Mangiacane. The review at Google stated "At the heart of an estate that reigns over 300 hectares of vineyard, olive groves and majestic Tuscan forest, in the famed winemaking region of Chianto Classico."
The Chianti Classico region covers an area of approximate 100 square miles and lies between the larger cities of Florence and Siena. The soil and geography of this region can be quite varied, with altitudes ranging from 820 feet to 2000 feet, and rolling hills producing differing macroclimates. There are two main soil types in the region: a weathered sandstone known as albarese and a bluish-gray chalky marlstone known as galestro. The soil in the north is richer and more fertile with more galestro, with the soil gradually becoming harder and stonier with more albarese in the south. In the north, the Arno river can have an influence on the climate, keeping the temperatures slightly cooler, an influence that diminishes further south in the warmer Classico territory towards Castelnuovo Berardenga.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chianti)
purchasing info here
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chianti)
purchasing info here
