Description

“Lacrymanera” – Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso D.O.P.

LACRYMANERA is a historic and elegant wine with an intense ruby ​​red color, so lively and sparkling that it seems to have come straight from Vesuvius. Made from an ancient blend of grapes such as Piedirosso, Aglianico and Sciascinoso.

Pleasant scent of red fruits, dry and harmonious taste, complex and full-bodied and with the right tannic structure. On the olfactory examination: it is a very complex wine with marked spicy notes accompanied by scents of red fruits with violet nuances. On the gustatory examination it turns out to be velvety and well structured, with excellent taste persistence with fresh notes and a natural aromatic bouquet.

This noble wine should be combined with first courses, meat sauces or fish soups, red meat roasts, noble poultry, game, spicy cheeses and strong flavors, without excluding the possibility of combining it with the most brilliant dishes of the Mediterranean diet.

Data

Contents: 0.75 l

Grape variety: Piedirosso 60% – Aglianico 20% – Sciascinoso 10%

Origin: Vesuvius National Park, Campania

Alcohol content: 12.5 %

Serving temperature: 16-18 °C

Altitude: 550 m above sea level

Geographical coordinates: 40°48’13.1″N 14°28’01.7″E
Biodynamic cultivation and rearing: Yes
Climate: Sunny and dry, from sunrise to sunset
Soil type: Volcanic soil, sandy
Cultivation system: Double Guyot
Yield per hectare: 6000 kg
Grape harvest: manual in early October
Wine production: Steel, aging in bottles
Vintage: 2014

Tree wine cultivation

Our wines come exclusively from old vineyards supported by chestnut posts. The growth system typical of the Vesuvius area ensures greater balance of the plant. Thanks to the advanced age of some vines and the viticulture system used, the grapes have withstood the weather conditions without suffering, making each vintage different from the previous one.

Handcrafted processes
Thanks to our equipment, the wines are completely handcrafted in all vegetative phases. From interfilament ploughing to pruning, from dusting of the branches to the harvest.

Aging
We use small and medium-sized steel vats and avoid aging in wooden barrels. These immediately give the wine the woody taste that tends to obscure the sensory peculiarities of the product. The taste of our wine is determined exclusively by the typical biodiversity of Vesuvius in which the vines are embedded. After 12-14 months, during which the wine is stabilized and clarified naturally, the manual bottling takes place and then the aging phase.

No use of chemical fertilizers
We use only traditional methods with treatments based on marginal mash. We do not use systematic products that act on the lymphatic system of the vines.

We fertilize exclusively with organic fertilizers from organic farming and fertilize on a nitrogen basis with the practice of green manure.

No to the addition of synthetic yeasts
To obtain an excellent product, even in this case we simply use the natural yeasts already present in nature on the skin of the grapes.

The yeasts selected in the laboratory that large companies use in winemaking tend to advance fermentation by halving the sensory qualities and their complexity.

Organoleptic characteristics

Historic and elegant wine with an intense ruby ​​red color, so lively and sparkling.

Pleasant scent of red fruits, dry and harmonious taste, complex and full-bodied and with the right tannic structure. On the olfactory examination: it is a very complex wine with clear spicy notes accompanied by scents of red fruit with violet nuances. On the gustatory examination it turns out to be velvety and well structured, with excellent taste persistence with fresh notes and a natural aromatic bouquet.

Gastronomic combinations

This noble wine should be combined with first courses, with meat sauces or fish soups, roasts of red meat, noble poultry, game, spicy cheeses with a strong taste, without excluding the possibility of combining it with the most brilliant dishes of the Mediterranean diet.

Recognitions

Concours International 2017. GILBERT & GAILLARD, France, 90+ points

James Suckling, 90 points

Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia

Camera dei Deputati (Chamber of Deputies of Italy) Best Winery 2017.