Cabernet Sauvignon, elegant by its very nature, plays a privileged role in the Tenuta Liliana’s estate vineyards.
Thanks to its unique personality and innate resilience, this grape found its perfect habitat in the Salento area, which enabled Cabernet to pay homage to the peninsula’s intensity with surprising finesse.
Rounding out the estate vineyards are a handful of rows of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Sauvignon Blanc.
With a winemaking style attuned to wine lovers at any latitude, Tenuta Liliana’s Cabernet Sauvignon conveys an authentic portrait of its growing area. Research and intuition led the owners to identify some ten different clones and rootstocks eminently appropriate for partnering with the various soils of the parcels within the estate.
From the very beginning, the winery adopted a policy of regenerative viticulture, which focuses on balanced vineyards and support for the surrounding ecosystem. The vineyards, planted beginning in 2018 and farmed organically since 2024, are intended to transform raw land into true gardens. Planted at a high density of 6,000 vines per hectare, the vines are largely trained to the spurred cordon system and the rows oriented to protect the clusters from excessive heat. Acting as a guide to these efforts are two weather-monitoring stations that provide real-time data for the vineyard managers.
Meticulous, constant attention is lavished on the 13 hectares of vineyard, a rich oasis of biodiversity. A flock of sheep is always busy weeding and fertilising the ground, and vine prunings are regularly mulched into the soil. The vines are given a significant pruning during the winter, to ensure the desired crop level in the following summer. Treatments containing copper, sulphur, and rock dust protect the vines from excessive heat. Loving care is focused on the clusters, right up to the harvest, which is performed by hand, parcel by parcel, just as the clusters achieve peak ripeness.
