Lacryma Christi rosso D.O.C. "Storiae"

Features

Lacryma Christi Rosso D.O.C. is a wine characterized by a ruby red colour and a pleasant aroma of red fruit and sometimes spices and a dry taste with a harmonious, complex and full-bodied aroma. It goes perfectly with pasta or polenta with meat sauces, roasts, game and spicy cheeses.

Tradition

"Haec iuga quam Nysae colles plus Bacchus amavit."

"Bacchus loved these hills more than the native hills of Nisa."

- Martial

Lacryma Christi is named after an ancient Christian legend. It is said that Lucifer, the most beautiful and shining angel in Paradise, and Christ's beloved, stole a piece of heaven to bring it to Earth. From this piece of Paradise would have been born the Gulf of Naples with its fertile and hospitable lands. Christ, aware of the theft, reluctantly expelled the angel from Paradise, making it fall to Earth and into it, creating Hell. The Creator wept for the great sorrow and his tears wet the dark land of Vesuvius, giving birth to an exceptional vine and a heavenly wine.
The historical reality appears more concrete, placing the work of the Greek settlers at the centre of the viticultural tradition. It was the 8th century B.C. when a group of exiles left Thessaly to colonize the coasts of Campania. They were the Aminei, a people whose name still survives in the Neapolitan toponymy, with Mount Amineo, where the first Vesuvian wines were grown.

Several centuries later, it is due to a small congregation of monks, Capuchins in particular, the merit of having kept the secrets of this wine. They lived in the "Turris Octava", the ancient Roman settlement eight miles from Naples. Over time, thanks also to the work of these wine-growing monks, the settlement took the form of a city and took the name of Torre del Greco.