The villages of the area today lie within the broader territory where the prosperous city of Lilaia once flourished, a settlement already mentioned in Homer.
According to surviving texts of the traveller Pausanias, viticulture played a significant role in the area alongside the other activities that developed there.
Terroir / wine link
The distinctiveness of the PGI Fthiotida wines is attributed to the particular characteristics of the area — namely its soils, climate, and the influence of the winds during summer — combined with the grape varieties and viticultural practices employed.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
About this boundary · approximate area
Approximate area — the union of the administrative units named in the document (Eurostat GISCO or national cadastre boundaries).