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Feudi di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi Bianco

Aziende Agricole Feudi di San Gregorio
Grapes
Coda di Volpe, Falanghina
Denomination
Vesuvio DOC
Region
Campania
ABV
12.5%
Drink
Now to 2028

Feudi di San Gregorio's Lacryma Christi Bianco blends Coda di Volpe and Falanghina from Vesuvius. Steel-fermented, three months on the lees: green apple, lemon peel and a volcanic mineral edge. A crisp Campanian white near 15 pounds.

Best price
£11.00

2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery charge shown at checkout

Vintages 2025 2024

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Where to buy Feudi di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi Bianco

£11.00 best price · 3 retailers in stock · checked 25 Oct 2026

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XtraWine Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery charge shown at checkout
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£11.00 £14.67/L
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£13.00 was regular price £15.00 £17.33/L
Vino.com Best price Save 13% 2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129 Code WINE6R8T: £17 off your first wine order with £180 minimum spend, until 13 Jan 2028
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£14.39 £19.19/L

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Tasting Notes

Coda di Volpe and Falanghina, straight off Vesuvius

Crystalline straw yellow with fresh white fruit and citrus peel, soft and fresh with an elegant stony streak, in Feudi's own words. Green apple, peach and lemon sit over a stony volcanic edge, with lemon-lime, nectarine and crisp acidity underneath.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
12 July 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Coda di Volpe
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Fresh and lifted, with green apple, ripe peach and lemon peel to the fore: white fruit and citrus peel, as Feudi's own note has it. A cool volcanic-stone lift sits behind the fruit.

LemonLemon
LimeLime
Green AppleGreen Apple
PeachPeach
PearPear
Wet stonesWet stones
Palate

Soft and dry on entry, then brisk lemon-lime acidity. It stays light and medium-bodied at 12.5% alcohol, carrying the salty, stony edge of the Vesuvius soils, with green apple and nectarine through the middle.

Finish

Clean and citrus-driven, closing on a chalky, stony note that lingers, the aromatic persistence Feudi's own note promises.

Overall

A dependable, well-made and well-liked Campanian white built for freshness rather than depth. It is an aperitivo and seafood wine to drink young, not a bottle to age.

Drink now Best by 2028
Live UK pricing

Around 15 pounds for a benchmark Campanian white

UK listings sit near 14.80 pounds for the current 2024 and 2025 releases. This is a drink-now aperitivo white, not a bottle to lay down, so buy the freshest vintage on the shelf.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £11.00 at XtraWine
Price spread · 75cl · 2025 £11.00 - £14.39 Across 3 UK retailers with 75cl · 2025 in stock
Retailers · 75cl · 2025 3UK 3 in stock
Vintages live 2025 · 2024 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £14.67 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Other vintages and formats: 1 price line

75cl · 2024: £13.00, 1 UK retailer

Wine fit score

An everyday Campanian white, scored six ways

The Italian Wine Fit Score reads this as a food and everyday wine first. Brisk acidity and a salty edge make it a reliable table and aperitivo white, and at around 15 pounds it is fair value. It scores low for cellaring, since Lacryma Christi Bianco is made to drink young.

Best with food 8.8/10

Brisk acidity, a salty edge and 12.5% alcohol make it a natural for Neapolitan seafood, fried fish and fresh cheeses.

Best everyday bottle 8.6/10

A crisp, food-friendly aperitivo white at an everyday price that suits a weeknight table.

Best intro to this style 8.4/10

Soft, fresh and low in alcohol with no oak or tannin, it is an easy, approachable introduction to Campanian whites.

Best value 8.2/10

Around 15 pounds for a well-liked, named-producer Vesuvio DOC white is fair, honest value.

Best for an occasion 5.5/10

Pleasant and reliable for casual gatherings, but too light and inexpensive to anchor a special-occasion table.

Best for cellar 2.2/10

Made for freshness and released young, it is meant to be drunk within two to three years, not cellared.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Vesuvio in five fields

A compact view of what the Vesuvio denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
7 varieties listed
This bottle: Coda di Volpe, Falanghina.
Minimum ageing
No statutory minimum
Producers release on their own schedule; 4 to 6 months in steel is typical.
Region / area
The lower slopes of Vesuvius in 16 communes of the province of Naples: all of Boscotrecase, Trecase and San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, and parts of 13 more from Torre del Greco and Ercolano round to Somma Vesuviana and Ottaviano.
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOC · Vesuvio
Minimum ABV at this colour: 12.0%.
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
Vintages

2024 and 2025: buy the youngest bottle

Lacryma Christi Bianco is built for freshness, cold-fermented in steel and released within a year of harvest. The 2024 and 2025 are the current UK releases and both drink best inside two to three years. For this style the newest bottle is generally the best buy.

2025 Current release
Best price
£11.00
Retailers
3 in stock
ABV
12.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

The 2025 is the current release and the freshest bottle on UK shelves. As with every Lacryma Christi Bianco, drink it within two to three years to catch its crisp citrus and volcanic mineral edge.

2024 Previous release
Best price
£13.00
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
12.5%
Window
Drink now through 2027

The 2024 is the outgoing UK release, a cold-fermented steel white built for early drinking. Enjoy it young for its green apple and citrus freshness rather than cellaring it.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio, a named DOC on the volcano

This bottle carries the Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco DOC, the white expression of the Vesuvio denomination on the slopes above Naples. The DOC is built on Coda di Volpe with Falanghina and other Campanian whites, exactly the Feudi blend here. The name honours the old legend of Christ's tears falling on the volcano's vines.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Vesuvio is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 7 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 10.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Minimum ABV. 12.0% vol
  • Minimum ageing. No statutory minimum - producers release on their own schedule
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Vesuvio falls within Campania, covering The lower slopes of Vesuvius in 16 communes of the province of Naples: all of Boscotrecase, Trecase and San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, and parts of 13 more from Torre del Greco and Ercolano round to Somma Vesuviana and Ottaviano..

Vesuvio DOC zone The producer Wine route in the zone

Made at Aziende Agricole Feudi di San Gregorio, Sorbo Serpico. Directions

Wine route in the zone: Amalfi cliff and Vesuvius loop.

04

Reading the label

  • Aziende Agricole Feudi di San GregorioProducer / estate
  • Coda di Volpe · FalanghinaGrape varieties
  • Vesuvio DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 12.5% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
05

What sits behind the price of Feudi di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi Bianco

Tracked from
£11.00
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
2 up / 3 down
Main factor
UK alcohol duty and VAT
  1. 01

    UK alcohol duty and VAT

    Cost up

    UK excise duty adds 2.67 pounds a bottle in 2026, then 20% VAT stacks on top of the landed and retail price, a fixed floor under any 15-pound import.

  2. 02

    Steel only, no oak

    Cost down

    The wine sees only stainless steel and three months on the lees, with no barrel programme, so there is no cooperage cost to pass on.

  3. 03

    Widely planted native whites

    Cost down

    Coda di Volpe and Falanghina are widely planted Campanian workhorses, keeping fruit cost well below Feudi's Taurasi or Fiano di Avellino bottlings.

  4. 04

    Feudi scale and distribution

    Cost down

    Feudi di San Gregorio is one of Campania's largest modern estates, and volume plus wide UK distribution hold the shelf price near 15 pounds.

  5. 05

    Vesuvio DOC vineyard sourcing

    Cost up

    Fruit must come from the volcanic Vesuvio DOC zone above Naples rather than cheaper flatland vineyards, a modest premium over generic Campania whites.

01

UK alcohol duty and VAT

Cost up

UK excise duty adds 2.67 pounds a bottle in 2026, then 20% VAT stacks on top of the landed and retail price, a fixed floor under any 15-pound import.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Food Pairing

Built for Neapolitan seafood and the aperitivo hour

Feudi pitches this as an aperitivo white for antipasti, fish and vegetable dishes. Its 12.5% alcohol, brisk acidity and salty, stony edge make it a natural for the shellfish of the Bay of Naples: impepata di cozze, fried fish, mozzarella di bufala. Serve it well chilled at 8 to 10 degrees Celsius.

Acidity matching Strong match

Lemon-lime acidity for peppered mussels

Crisp lemon-lime acidity cuts cleanly through the peppery broth of impepata di cozze without burying the sweet shellfish.

Try with: Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Volcanic salinity for Bay of Naples seafood

The salty, stony edge from the Vesuvius soils mirrors the brine of local seafood, so fried fish and squid ink risotto stay bright rather than heavy.

Try with: Fried mixed fish · Squid ink risotto · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Freshness against mozzarella di bufala

At 12.5% alcohol with green apple crunch, it scrubs the milky fat of Campanian mozzarella and tomato in an insalata caprese and resets the palate.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · Mozzarella di bufala · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Citrus peel meets herb-baked antipasti

The lemon-peel and white-fruit aromatics bridge to lemon-dressed vegetable antipasti and the breadcrumb-and-herb topping of cozze arraganate.

Try with: Cozze arraganate · Vegetable antipasti · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Light body for the aperitivo hour

Feudi builds this as an aperitivo white, and its light, medium body sits beside olives, fried snacks and fresh cheeses without overwhelming them.

Try with: Aperitivo antipasti · Fresh cheeses · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Skip fiery chilli heat

Big chilli heat from 'nduja or a fiery arrabbiata amplifies the wine's citrus bite and flattens its delicate green apple and stony notes. Save it for milder, sea-facing plates.

Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar
Drinking window
2025 → 2028

Peak around 2026. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Serving temperature
8-12°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Made for freshness and released young, it is meant to be drunk within two to three years, not cellared.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£11.00 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at XtraWine, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Lacryma Christi page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Vesuvius, Feudi di San Gregorio and two native grapes

Common Questions

It is a blend of Coda di Volpe and Falanghina, two native white grapes of Campania grown on the volcanic slopes of Vesuvius. Together they carry the Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco DOC.

Crystalline straw yellow with fresh white fruit and citrus peel. Green apple, peach and lemon sit over an elegant volcanic, stony streak, just as Feudi's own note says. It drinks soft, fresh and dry rather than rich.

The Coda di Volpe and Falanghina ferment in stainless steel at 16 to 18 degrees Celsius, then rest three months on their spent yeast in steel before bottling. No oak is used, which keeps the citrus and stony character clean.

Serve it at 8 to 10 degrees Celsius as an aperitivo or with Neapolitan seafood such as impepata di cozze, fried or grilled fish, mozzarella di bufala and vegetable antipasti. Its brisk acidity and 12.5% alcohol keep it a refreshing table white.

At around 15 pounds it is an honest, well-made and well-liked Campanian white rather than a cellar wine. Drink it young for its freshness.

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Feudi di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi Bianco