Villa Dora, Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco Vigna del Vulcano, 2023 so04102025Pertinace and finely tannined

and finely tannined

offering an exquisite balance of power and elegance that makes it a treasure for collectors and connoisseurs of fine Burgundy

From a private cellar — drink it over the next few years rather than saving it

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

Romeo is named for a skilled vintner and gardener who worked these vineyards generations ago

Villa Dora, Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco Vigna del Vulcano, 2023 so04102025Pertinace and finely tanninedThe 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