Villa Dora, Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco Vigna del Vulcano, 2023 so04102025Pertinace Villa Dora bottles it on

Villa Dora bottles it on its own

making this the format to cellar and pour for a crowd

mostly Chardonnay with a splash of Pinot Nero

and wild honey lead

with cool nights preserving the acidity and saline character essential to great Muscadet

Villa Dora, Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco Vigna del Vulcano, 2023 so04102025Pertinace Villa Dora bottles it onThe name is the legend: Lacryma Christi, the tears Christ is said to have wept over the Bay of Naples, which fell on the slopes of Vesuvius and grew into vines. Vigna del Vulcano is Villa Dora's white 80% Caprettone with 20% Falanghina and it's made deliberately bare, fermented in stainless steel with no oak and no malolactic conversion, so nothing softens or sweetens the volcanic edge. The estate is at Terzigno on the volcano's southern flank inside