DOC Red

Mastroberardino Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso

Casa Vinicola Mastroberardino
Grape
Piedirosso
Denomination
Vesuvio DOC
Region
Campania
ABV
13.5%
Drink
Now to 2032

Mastroberardino's red from the ash slopes of Vesuvius: Piedirosso alone, picked by hand in mid-October and made in steel with no oak. Cherry and plum, pepper and clove, and the smoky note the family says the volcano leaves. About £17 to £20.

Price
£14.60 Save 5%

2025 · 75cl · checked 27 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio DOC Rosso Mastroberardino

£14.60 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 27 Oct 2026

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Vino.com Best price Save 5% 2025 · 75cl · checked 27 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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Tasting Notes

What Mastroberardino's Lacryma Christi Rosso tastes like

Cherry, plum, pepper and clove from the family's own sheet, and a smoky, earthy note from the volcanic ash. Light, fresh and dry, with no oak.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
3 September 2026
Vintage in glass
2025
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Piedirosso
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Cherry and plum first, then pepper and clove, which is the order on Mastroberardino's own sheet. Behind them comes a smoky, earthy note from the ash the vines grow in.

SmokySmoky
BlackberryBlackberry
CherryCherry
PlumPlum
RaspberryRaspberry
LeatherLeather
Black pepperBlack pepper
Palate

Light to medium in body, fresh and easy to drink, with soft tannin. The wine is made in steel with about ten days on the skins and sees no oak, so the fruit stays bright rather than sweet. It is delicate and very easy to drink.

Finish

Moderate, dry and a little smoky, ending on pepper rather than fruit.

Overall

The everyday red of the Vesuvius slopes, from vines that average twenty years old, planted at about 170 metres on loose volcanic ash. A well-liked everyday red. Drink it at 18 degrees with pizza or tomato pasta, over the next five or six years.

Drink now Best by 2032
Live UK pricing

Buying Lacryma Christi Rosso: one UK shop, currently waiting for stock

Vino.com has the 2025 at £17.40 on offer, down from £20.47, but marked it as arriving soon when we checked. In Italy Mastroberardino's own shop sells it at 8 to 12.90 euros, in half bottles as well as full ones.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £14.60 at Vino.com
75cl · 2025 available from Vino.com £14.60, in stock
Vintages live 2025 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £19.47 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 27 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Lacryma Christi Rosso scores for food, everyday drinking and value

Four scores out of ten. It rates highest with food, then for someone new to Italian wine, then as an everyday bottle, and fairly on value at £17.40.

Best with food 8.8/10

Light body, fresh acidity and no oak: it goes with pizza, pasta, cheese, soup and fish alike.

Best intro to this style 7.8/10

Soft and fruity, but the smoky, earthy side is a step away from the ripe reds most people start on.

Best everyday bottle 7.5/10

Light enough for a weeknight. At £17 to £20 it is dearer than most weeknight reds.

Best value 6.0/10

The family sells it for 8 to 12.90 euros in Italy; £17.40 in the UK is fair, not a bargain.

Best for cellar 5.0/10

Mastroberardino gives it ten years or more. It is still made to drink young.

Best for an occasion 4.5/10

A famous name from a famous volcano, but a light, everyday red rather than a showpiece.

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.
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)
What that means →
Vintages

The 2025 Lacryma Christi Rosso

The 2025 is the vintage on the vino.com listing, at 13.5%. The alcohol moves a little with the year, between 12.5% and 13.5%. Made in steel and released after some months in bottle.

2025 Current release
Best price
£14.60
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2032

The 2025 is the vintage vino.com lists, at 13.5% on its sheet. Mastroberardino gives the wine ten years or more of life. It is made in steel for freshness, though, and is at its best in its first five or six years.

2025 Current release
Best price
£14.60
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2032

The 2025 is the vintage vino.com lists, at 13.5% on its sheet. Mastroberardino gives the wine ten years or more of life. It is made in steel for freshness, though, and is at its best in its first five or six years.

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

Piedirosso on Vesuvius: what the DOC and the ash give it

The vines grow on loose, well-drained volcanic soil at about 170 metres, facing south-east, and average twenty years old by the family's account. Mastroberardino picks by hand in mid-October and ferments in steel with about ten days on the skins.

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 Casa Vinicola Mastroberardino, Atripalda. Directions

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

04

Reading the label

  • Casa Vinicola MastroberardinoProducer / estate
  • PiedirossoGrape varieties
  • Vesuvio DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 13.5% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio DOC Rosso Mastroberardino

Tracked from
£14.60
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
2 up / 3 down
Main factor
Hand-picked on the loose ash of Vesuvius
  1. 01

    Hand-picked on the loose ash of Vesuvius

    Cost up

    The family's sheet puts the vines at an average twenty years old, on loose volcanic soil at about 170 metres, picked by hand in mid-October. Hand work on a volcano's slopes costs more than machines on flat land.

  2. 02

    No oak and only a few months in bottle

    Cost down

    The wine ferments in steel with about ten days on the skins and rests some months in bottle before release. No barrels to buy, and little money tied up waiting.

  3. 03

    A DOC name few UK buyers know

    Cost down

    Lacryma Christi is famous in Naples and little known on a UK shelf. That caps what a shop can charge next to a Chianti at the same price.

  4. 04

    The family sells it for 8 to 12.90 euros at home

    Cost down

    Mastroberardino's own shop lists this wine at 8 to 12.90 euros a bottle. The gap to £17.40 in the UK is shipping, the importer's margin, duty and VAT, not the wine itself.

  5. 05

    UK duty and VAT

    Cost up

    A 13.5% wine carries £3.10 of duty on the February 2026 rates, and VAT takes a fifth of the price. About £6 of the £17.40 is tax before the wine is counted.

01

Hand-picked on the loose ash of Vesuvius

Cost up

The family's sheet puts the vines at an average twenty years old, on loose volcanic soil at about 170 metres, picked by hand in mid-October. Hand work on a volcano's slopes costs more than machines on flat land.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

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

Pastiera napoletana
Food Pairing

Light, fresh and smoky: what fits Lacryma Christi Rosso

Mastroberardino's sheet is unusually generous: soups, cold meats, fresh and aged cheese, pizza, tomato pasta, pasta with pulses, red meat and grilled swordfish. Mushrooms fit too.

Acidity matching Strong match

Pizza and tomato pasta

Mastroberardino's own sheet puts this wine with pizza and tomato-sauce pasta. Tomato is sharp, and a light red with fresh acidity and no oak meets it head on where a heavier, oakier wine would taste flat.

Try with: Pizza Margherita · Pizza Marinara · Pasta alla Norma · Pappa al Pomodoro · More pairings →

Salt balance Strong match

Cold meats and cheese

Cold meats and both fresh and aged cheeses are on the family's list of starters for this wine. Salt makes a light red taste fruitier, and the wine's soft tannin never turns bitter against it.

Try with: Caciocavallo farcito · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Gnocco fritto · Crescia · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Bean soups and pasta with pulses

The producer lists soups and pasta with legumes. These are gentle, earthy dishes, and a light, fresh red with a smoky edge matches their weight instead of crushing them.

Try with: Ciceri e tria · Pane Cotto · Zuppa alla Valdostana · Canederli · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Grilled swordfish and red meat

Grilled swordfish and red meats are the main courses on Mastroberardino's sheet. Char from the grill echoes the wine's smoky note, and its acidity cuts through the fat of the meat.

Try with: Pesce spada alla Siciliana · Arrosticini · Fiorentina steak · Porchetta · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Mushroom dishes

Mushrooms are a natural match. The earthy, smoky side of this wine sits close to the smell of porcini, so the plate and the glass echo each other.

Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · Radicchio risotto · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Skip fierce chilli and sweet sauces

Hot chilli makes a light red taste thin and sour, and a sugary sauce does the same. This is a delicate wine; keep it for savoury food.

Skip with: Chicken madras · Szechuan beef · Sweet and sour pork · Pizza Diavola · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Lacryma Christi Rosso: ten years, says the family

Mastroberardino puts its life at ten years or more. Serve it at 18 degrees. It also comes in half bottles.

Drinking window
2026 → 2032

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
Medium

Mastroberardino gives it ten years or more. It is still made to drink young.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£14.60 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: 27 Oct 2026, 02:29 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

Lacryma Christi Rosso, its grape, region and pairings

Producer
Casa Vinicola Mastroberardino Campania
Grapes
Piedirosso
Denomination
Vesuvio DOC
Region
Campania Region guide
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

Piedirosso alone, in Mastroberardino's version. It is a native grape of the Vesuvius area, grown here on loose volcanic ash at about 170 metres, facing south-east.

Christ's tears. Mastroberardino calls the name prestigious and the origin legendary; the old story has Christ weeping over the bay of Naples and vines springing up where the tears fell.

Cherry and plum with pepper and clove, then a smoky, earthy note. It is light to medium in body, fresh and dry, with soft tannin. A well-liked everyday red.

Pizza and tomato pasta, cold meats and cheese, bean soups, mushrooms, grilled swordfish or red meat. All but the mushrooms come from Mastroberardino's own list.

Vino.com has the 2025 at £17.40 on offer, down from £20.47, but had it marked as arriving soon when we checked. In Italy the family's own shop sells it for 8 to 12.90 euros.

You can. Mastroberardino gives it ten years or more. Most bottles are better in their first five or six years, served at 18 degrees.

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