Casa Setaro, Munazei Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso 2024

100% Piedirosso

Campania, Italy

250 to 300m altitude volcanic soil sites with ungrafted vines. Earth, smoke, and salt with cleanly rendered dark-red fruits, all on a lithe, gently tannic, spice-marked frame. Short maceration of 3 days. Stainless tanks for six months. 

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano in continental Europe, and the most densely populated volcanic region in the world, with over 600,000 residents in the danger zone. Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio is the style of wine here. It translates to “Christ’s Tears on Vesuvius”. The story is that Jesus, crying over Lucifer's fall from heaven, made the vineyards of Vesuvius lush and fertile.