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ricco in scheletro

English translation: particularly rocky soil

03:36 Jan 15, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Italian term or phrase: ricco in scheletro
Used to describe some vineyard soil. 'Scheletro' means skeleton, so I thought: bones, which is 'ossi' in Italian. But maybe it's meant in the sense of calcium? (But calclium in Italian is 'calcio,' which I always thought was soccer. Maybe is is obscure or dialect word for calcium? Or fossils ('fossile' in standard Italian)??
bill marsano
English translation:particularly rocky soil
Explanation:
Whoa! Nope, you're on the wrong track. Scheletro means texture, but texture of a coarse nature, of a gravel-pebbly texture, or soil of rocky, schistous character, with lots of pebble and gravel.
Note this description of soils in the Chianti zone: "Chianti: Un dato comune a quasi tutto il territorio è la ricca presenza di scheletro ovvero di grossi ciottoli e sassi di origine calcarea. "
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particularly rocky soil


Explanation:
Whoa! Nope, you're on the wrong track. Scheletro means texture, but texture of a coarse nature, of a gravel-pebbly texture, or soil of rocky, schistous character, with lots of pebble and gravel.
Note this description of soils in the Chianti zone: "Chianti: Un dato comune a quasi tutto il territorio è la ricca presenza di scheletro ovvero di grossi ciottoli e sassi di origine calcarea. "


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