DOC Red

Feudi di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso

Aziende Agricole Feudi di San Gregorio
Grapes
Piedirosso, Aglianico
Denomination
Vesuvio DOC
Region
Campania
ABV
12.5%
Body
Medium
Drink
Now to 2028

A fresh, medium-bodied red from the slopes of Vesuvius: Piedirosso and Aglianico, steel only, 12% alcohol. Freshly picked red fruit, soft tannin and a smoky volcanic edge. Made for grilled meat and pizza; the 2024 costs about £16 in the UK.

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2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Tasting Notes

What Feudi di San Gregorio's Lacryma Christi Rosso tastes like

Feudi di San Gregorio makes this red from Piedirosso and Aglianico grown on the slopes of Vesuvius. It never sees oak: two to three weeks on the skins in steel, then four to five months in steel before bottling. Expect fresh red fruit, soft tannin and a smoky, volcanic edge.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial, from the producer's notes
Tasted on
30 August 2026
Vintage in glass
2024
Source
Producer notes · confidence High
Body
Medium, from a UK shop's listing
Typical of Piedirosso
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Freshly picked red fruit leads, cherry and raspberry first, the note Feudi di San Gregorio's own sheet puts at the top. Behind it sits a faint smoky, stony edge from the volcanic soil of Vesuvius, the thing drinkers of this wine mention most. There is no oak to find: the wine only ever sees steel.

SmokySmoky
CherryCherry
Forest berriesForest berries
PlumPlum
RaspberryRaspberry
StrawberryStrawberry
Wet stonesWet stones
Black pepperBlack pepper
Palate

Medium-bodied, fresh and soft, with a background of wild berries and a sweet, gentle tannin. Two to three weeks on the skins in steel tanks give colour and a little grip without any weight. At 12% alcohol it stays light on its feet.

Finish

Short to medium, clean and fruity, with the smoky volcanic note lingering longest. Four to five months in steel keep it bright rather than rich.

Overall

The most affordable red in Feudi di San Gregorio's own range, made for the table rather than the cellar. Drink the 2024 from now to 2027 with grilled meat, the producer's own pairing, or a Margherita.

Drink now Best by 2027
Live UK pricing

Where to buy Lacryma Christi Rosso in the UK

Two online shops ship it to the UK. The 2024 costs about £16 a bottle with UK duty and VAT included; the second shop lists the new 2025. At the producer's own shop in Italy it is the cheapest red in the range, below its Irpinia Aglianico and Taurasi.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £13.70 at Vino.com
75cl · 2025 available from Vino.com £13.70, in stock
Vintages live 2025 · 2024 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £18.27 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
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75cl · 2024: £15.66, 1 UK retailer

Wine fit score

Where Feudi di San Gregorio's Lacryma Christi Rosso fits

It scores highest as an everyday bottle, a beginner-friendly red and a food wine. The 2024 at about £16, 12% alcohol, no oak and soft tannin, with the acidity for tomato and the body for grilled meat.

Best with food 8.5/10

Fresh acidity, soft tannin and medium body let it sit beside tomato pasta, grilled meat and pizza alike.

Best intro to this style 8.5/10

Steel-aged, 12% alcohol, soft tannin and a name thousands of drinkers already know: an easy first taste of the volcanic reds of Campania.

Best everyday bottle 8.5/10

Light enough for a weekday pizza and priced for it too; serve it slightly cool and it needs no occasion.

Best value 7.0/10

The 2024 costs about £16 in the UK, for the cheapest red of a large Campania estate: fair, though about a third of that is UK duty and VAT.

Best for an occasion 3.5/10

A DOC table red with a good story, not a bottle to mark a milestone; Feudi di San Gregorio's Taurasi is the one for that.

Best for cellar 2.5/10

Four to five months in steel and a soft structure: made to drink within three years of the harvest, not to keep.

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: Piedirosso, Aglianico.
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)
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Vintages

The 2024 and 2025 vintages of Lacryma Christi Rosso

In 2024 southern Italy had a dry, hot year. Drought, with heat on top of it from May, brought the harvest forward, but the grapes reached full ripeness, and the year rates good. The 2025 is the new release. The September harvest estimate put Italy's quality between very good and excellent, with high hopes in Campania for the later-ripening grapes after cooler late-August weather.

2025 Current release
Best price
£13.70
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
12.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

The new release. The September harvest estimate put Italy's 2025 quality between very good and excellent, with high hopes in Campania for the later-ripening grapes after cooler late-August weather. That is an outlook, not a tasting record. Drink from 2025 to 2028.

2024 Previous release
Best price
£15.66
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
12.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

A dry, hot year across southern Italy. Drought, with heat on top of it from May, brought the harvest forward, yet the grapes reached full ripeness and the year rates good. Expect ripe red fruit and soft tannin. Drink from now to 2027.

2025 Current release
Best price
£13.70
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
12.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

The new release. The September harvest estimate put Italy's 2025 quality between very good and excellent, with high hopes in Campania for the later-ripening grapes after cooler late-August weather. That is an outlook, not a tasting record. Drink from 2025 to 2028.

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: the rules behind the name

Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio is the Vesuvio DOC's higher tier: the red must reach 12% alcohol and be at least half Piedirosso, with Aglianico allowed up to a fifth. The crop is capped at 10 tonnes a hectare. Feudi di San Gregorio bottles its version itself at Sorbo Serpico in Irpinia, inland from the volcano.

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
  • Piedirosso · AglianicoGrape 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 Rosso

Tracked from
£13.70
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
3 up / 2 down
Main factor
UK duty and VAT on a 12% wine
  1. 01

    UK duty and VAT on a 12% wine

    Cost up

    Of the £16 the 2024 costs, about £5.40 is tax: £2.76 of UK duty on 75 cl at 12% alcohol, plus about £2.66 of VAT.

  2. 02

    Shipped from mainland Europe with import costs built in

    Cost up

    The UK offer comes from a shop abroad that builds import costs into its final price and charges delivery on small orders. One bottle therefore costs more here than in Italy.

  3. 03

    Steel only, four to five months, no barrels

    Cost down

    Feudi di San Gregorio ferments and ages this wine entirely in steel tanks for a few months, so no oak and no long cellaring sit in the price.

  4. 04

    The most affordable red of a large estate

    Cost down

    Feudi di San Gregorio draws on more than 800 vineyard plots and sells this as the cheapest red in its own shop, below its Irpinia Aglianico and its Taurasi.

  5. 05

    A DOC with a capped crop and a protected name

    Cost up

    Vesuvio DOC rules cap how much fruit each vineyard may carry, and only a red reaching 12% alcohol may use the Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio name. Both limit how cheaply it can be made.

01

UK duty and VAT on a 12% wine

Cost up

Of the £16 the 2024 costs, about £5.40 is tax: £2.76 of UK duty on 75 cl at 12% alcohol, plus about £2.66 of VAT.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Pastiera napoletana on stoneware bowl with Butter, Candied Peel, Egg

Pastiera napoletana
Food Pairing

Dishes that suit a fresh Vesuvius red like this one

Feudi di San Gregorio suggests simple meat dishes, grilled meat above all. The soft tannin and fresh acidity also make it a natural match for tomato-led pasta and a Neapolitan Margherita, and its earthy, smoky note meets mushrooms on their own ground.

Acidity matching Strong match

Tomato-led pasta and Neapolitan pizza

Tomato is sharp, and a wine with less acidity than the sauce tastes flat beside it. This Piedirosso and Aglianico blend keeps its freshness, so it meets the tomato head on while the soft tannin leaves the dough and cheese alone. Serve it cool, at 14 to 16°C, so the fruit stays bright against the sauce.

Try with: Pizza Margherita · Pizza Marinara · Pasta arrabbiata · Pasta alla Norma · More pairings →

Body matching Strong match

Simple grilled meats, the producer's own pick

Feudi di San Gregorio suggests simple meat dishes, grilled above all. A medium-bodied red at 12% has the weight to sit next to lamb skewers or a ribeye without flattening the char. Its fresh red fruit does the job a heavier, oaked red would do with tannin.

Try with: Arrosticini · Lamb chops · Ribeye steak · BBQ ribs

Tannin softening Good match

Slow-cooked meat sauces and stews

A long-cooked meat sauce is rich and savoury. The gentle tannin of this steel-aged Piedirosso blend grips just enough to cut the richness. Its acidity lifts each mouthful, so the plate never feels heavy.

Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Beef stew · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Mushroom and earthy dishes

Drinkers pick out an earthy, smoky note in this wine, the mark of the volcanic soil under the vines. Mushrooms carry the same earthiness, so a porcini risotto meets the wine on its own ground. The fresh red fruit then stops the dish tasting flat.

Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · Roast chicken

Fat cutting Good match

Fried Neapolitan street food

Fried dough and melted cheese coat the mouth with fat. A light-footed red with fresh acidity and no oak rinses that away between bites. That is why a cool glass of Lacryma Christi Rosso suits a pizza fritta better than a big oaked red.

Try with: Pizza Fritta · Panzerotti · Arancini · Frittata di maccheroni · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Hot chilli and sweet-and-sour sauces

Chilli heat makes a light 12% red taste thin and sharp, and sweet sauces make its dry fruit seem sour. Keep this wine for savoury plates. A lightly sweet Lambrusco or a Moscato d'Asti handles that heat and sugar far better.

Skip with: Pizza Diavola · Sweet and sour pork · Green curry · Kung pao chicken · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Lacryma Christi Rosso: a wine for now

This is a steel-aged red at 12% with soft tannin, made to drink young. Open the 2024 between now and 2027 and the 2025 by 2028. Serve it cool, at 14 to 16°C as Feudi di San Gregorio advises, a shade below the usual range for a red.

Drinking window
2025 → 2028

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

Serving temperature
16-18°C

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

Cellar potential
Low

Four to five months in steel and a soft structure: made to drink within three years of the harvest, not to keep.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£13.70 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Lacryma Christi Rosso 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

Based on the producer's published tasting notes.

Confidence · High
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

Lacryma Christi Rosso: its grapes, its volcano and its producer

Producer
Aziende Agricole Feudi di San Gregorio Campania
Grapes
Piedirosso Aglianico
Denomination
Vesuvio DOC
Region
Campania Region guide
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

Piedirosso and Aglianico, both native to Campania. The Vesuvio DOC rules require at least half Piedirosso in a Lacryma Christi Rosso and allow Aglianico up to a fifth of the blend. Feudi di San Gregorio does not publish the exact split.

It is a medium-bodied red that drinks fresh and soft. Feudi di San Gregorio ferments it in steel for two to three weeks and ages it four to five months in steel, with no oak. At 12% alcohol it is not a heavy wine, so serve it slightly cool, at 14 to 16°C, as the producer suggests.

The name means tears of Christ. Legend has it that the vines on Vesuvius sprang from the tears of Jesus, a story Feudi di San Gregorio itself tells on its page for the wine. In law, Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio is the top tier of the Vesuvio DOC: the red must reach 12% alcohol to carry the name.

Simple meat dishes, grilled meat above all: that is the producer's own suggestion. Its soft tannin and fresh acidity also suit tomato-led pasta, a Neapolitan Margherita and a mushroom risotto. Keep it away from hot chilli, which makes a light red taste thin and sharp.

About £16 a bottle for the 2024, delivered to the UK with duty and VAT included, from the one online shop whose single-bottle price we can confirm. A second shop lists the new 2025; the offer table on this page shows both. UK duty and VAT alone make up about £5.40 of that £16.

Drink it young. The 2024 is at its best from now to 2027 and the 2025 by 2028. A steel-aged red with soft tannin is made for drinking young rather than keeping, so there is no reason to wait.

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