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 Our family has been owned these lands since the sixties and many things have been changing since then. The peasants, the stable, the farmyard animals and the vineyards with the olive groves are in the full splendour of their fruitfulness; there are cultivated fields, where is made use of each plot of land.
A lot of fragrances and colours in our memories, our land, our flowers, our fruits and the unique smell which came from the big kitchen: soups, stew and the exceptional bread, which was cooked in the "forno a legna" (an oven where the firewood was employed). |
 It was really a hard life but authentic: perhaps it has not been understood in good time, and for this reason our countries have been deserted. Maybe nothing can become again as in the past, but we have a great desire to be able to live as much as possible in contact with nature and traditions and for this reason my family and I have decided to restore our property and create also some spaces to share with you. |
 The vineyard, the olive trees, the cellar and our farmhouse, which we have converted into an farmhouse respecting the origin of this environment, these are the places where our guests can relax and throw yourself into in our reality. |
 Our estate, called Azienda Agricola Lecciole and Agriturismo il Pezzatino, consists in the main villa, the farmhouse that has been converted into comfortable guest apartments and rooms, and in 16 hectare cultivated land with DOCG Chianti Rufina vineyard and olive-grove.
Under the plants of our garden is possible to relax reading or tasting our products or simply taking a nap. Under restoring is an orchard-garden with a wide range of ancient apple trees, some of which are on the point of extinction and there is also a cool fountain, lying in the middle of our garden; both stand for the heart and symbolize the emblem of our farmhouse. |
 This region was included in the first Grand-ducal Proclamation about the delimitation of borders for those areas dedicated to the cultivation of vineyards: it included the Chianti Rufina district as well as the Pomino one. A great writer, Francesco Redi speaks about our wine in his Dithyramb "Bacco in Toscana", also the Nobel Poet Eugenio Montale mentions the Rufina Wine, the characters of Vasco Pratolini's books drink always rosso Rufina.etc. |
 Only few kilometres far from Florence, it is here that my family and I look forward to welcoming you. We desire to have as a guest who would like to enjoy a pleasant period relaxing in contact with nature not giving up all the comforts and in particular wish to approach our land, our cuisine, our wines, our traditions and our cities of art, which are very rich in marvellous places of interest. |
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