Tuscan Winery by Renzo Piano
Nestled into the Tuscan landscape, in the municipality of Gavorrano in the heart of Maremma, sits a modern winery called Rocca di Frassinello. Designed by Renzo Piano, the brilliant red structure can be seen for miles, and overlooks the Medieval hamlet of Giuncarico. Piano, who grew up a family vineyard in the Ovada hills, was tempted to accept the project after revisiting the area by helicopter. His conception, a modern interpretation of a traditional Tuscan wine-making operation, opened in 2007 and is largely underground, featuring a cavernous amphitheater that holds 2,500 oak barrels holding a "super-Tuscan" blend of Sangiovese, Merlot and Chianti.
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So pretty. Maremma always makes me think of this: ". . .ricorditi di me, che son la Pia; Siena mi fé, disfecemi Maremma."
I am not really feeling it with this design and do fear if this clinical, playground look will overtake the more traditional wineries in the Italian country. I think there needs to be a compromise between modern designs and tradition notably with strong cultural industries as wine making... some degree of homage to the old ways would have been nice. I would have preferred more oak colours, less child like pop tones - the bright greens, reds, yellows were a bit eccentric and too abundant. The structure both in and out is a bit of an eyesore over the rolling Tuscan fields.
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