Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024 Winners
Tenuta di Lilliano
Category: Winery
Country: Italy
Date:19/04/2016
40 hectares, mostly cultivated with Sangiovese, with a small amount of other autochthonous and international grape varieties.
The estate comprises three vineyards of the very highest level:
- “Le Piagge”, Sangiovese, exposed south, at an altitude of approximately 300 m above sea level.
- “Casina Sopra Strada”, Sangiovese and Colorino, exposed east-southeast, at an altitude of approximately 300 m above sea level.
- igna Catena”, Merlot with south-southwest exposure, at an altitude of approximately 280 m above sea level.
There are two cellars at Lilliano. The ageing cellar, under the villa which is part of the historical complex of Lilliano, where Chianti Classico Riserva matures in large oak barrels, the Gran Selezione in tonneaux and the Super Tuscans in barriques.