WINEGROWERS OF PDO “VESUVIO” GRAPES

INNOVATION IN THE RESPECT OF TRADITION

On the slopes of the Mount Somma, in the rich land of Vesuvius National Park, red and gold, fire and sun, reborn in the vine and wines of the farm La Cantina del Vulcano that with devotion, love and passion, has followed for four generations, the good drinking tradition of these fertile volcanic lands.

The Rianna Family

Winegrowers of PDO “Vesuvio” grapes since four generations, with experience and consolidated skills refined during the years, use advanced processing and wine-making systems, focusing the aim of combining tradition and innovations preserving intact flavors, taste and aromas of the vesuvian ground.

The history of a territory

from Campania:

Like a coffer, the Campania Region preserves natural richness in its fertile lands. Its treasures grow luxurious, becoming excellences which have always been appreciated all over the world for their taste, aroma and flavor. From a rich heritage of indisputable quality grapes, we produce a large and interesting variety of white and red wines, today DOC, DOCG, PGI and IGT.

to the Vesuvian Lands:

In this panorama, we find the grapes of the Vesuvian land, the red and gold, riped by the sun, the mild climate and the fertile “fire” of the ground of the whole Somma-Vesuvio volcanic complex, rich in potassium, phosphorus, iron and silica which give the unique organoleptic characteristics to fruits that have become excellences such as the “Albicocca Vesuviana PGI” or the “Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio PDO” and wines that have conquered the denominations of controlled origin (DOC): “Lacryma Christi del “Vesuvio” and “Vesuvio”. The municipalities located throughout the Vesuvius foothills, in the Vesuvius National Park, are home of vineyards with autochthonous varieties that have always been cultivated in this area.

TASTE AND FLAVOURS OF VESUVIAN GROUND

Winegrowers of PDO “Vesuvio” grapes, with experience and consolidated skills

AN OLD LOVING FARM

Here, the vines that Greeks and Romans already cultivated, and poets and legends quoted comparing them to honey and tears of gods, express themselves in unique, inimitable wines, which still today retain their original root, further enhanced by a constant research and by innovative production techniques that La Cantina del Vulcano and the whole territory are adopting.
A combination of tradition and modernity which makes La Cantina del Vulcano, a winery promoting the development and diffusion of an ancient wine-culture which have been projected into the future for four generations.

The wine productions which reflect the nobility and the peculiarity of the autochthonous grapes, are the result of this spirit, which unifies every day work and passion for the vine and are an identification of the farm.

INCOMPARABLE EXCELLENCES OF GOOD DRINKING

White Lacryma Christi, made from Coda di Volpe grapes, Verdeca, Falanghina and/or Greco, with a minimum alcohol content of 12%; White Lacryma Christi is also used to produce a sparkling and a fortified wine.

Red Lacryma Christi, made of Piedirosso and/or Sciascinoso, Aglianico with a minimum alcohol content of 12%.

Aglianico Pompeiano, red wine made of Piedirosso grapes with a persistent taste, with a minimum alcohol content of 11,5%.

Falanghina Pompeiano, produced from local Coda di Volpe with grapes, characterized by a fresh bouquet with hints of fruit. Minimum alcohol content 11,5%.

Catalanesca of Monte Somma, white wine made from pure Catalanesca grapes, a white skinny grapes imported by Alfonso I of Aragon in 1450, used, in ancient time, as table grapes and for a local wine production. From the same grape, a particular “passito” liqueur is obtained.

Without forgetting the sparkling varieties, the vast category of wines that characterize this Farm, and also the whole vesuvian production, fully express the culture and taste of good drinking, that is the traditional millenary culture of “Vesvinum”.

LA CANTINA DEL VULCANO