Lacryma Christi or Lachryma Christi of Vesuvius is a Neapolitan type of wine produced on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Campania, Italy. White Lacryma Christi is made mainly from Verdeca and Coda di Volpe grapes, with smaller proportions of Falanghina, Caprettone and Greco di Tufo included. Red Lacryma Christi is made from Piedirosso and Sciascinoso grapes. It is also, as archaeologists have discovered, the nearest equivalent to wine drunk by the Ancient Romans, having analysed microscopic residue left on the taps of the casks.
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Lacryma Christi is an appellation in Campania, Italy. We track 16 of its wines in stock at 10 shops, from 7 wine houses, from € 9.50; mostly red, white.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +2.6 °C · 2,220 GDD · 30 % rain |
| 2025 | 5 | € 10.50 | € 11.50 | – | hotwetwet harvest +1.1 °C · 2,149 GDD · 440 % rain |
| 2024 | 4 | € 10.50 | € 15.50 | – | hotdry +2.2 °C · 2,390 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2023 | 2 | € 13.00 | € 13.25 | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,151 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2022 | 3 | € 9.50 | € 15.18 | – | hotwet harvest +1.7 °C · 2,269 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2021 | 2 | € 19.00 | € 25.95 | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,010 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,959 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 2,094 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 2,105 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.9 °C · 2,092 GDD · 38 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,838 GDD · 162 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.4 °C · 1,992 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,759 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,946 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.0 °C · 2,126 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,915 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,741 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,006 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,960 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,961 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,890 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,799 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,852 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 2,167 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,841 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,948 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,049 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.6 °C · 2,048 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,949 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,812 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.5 °C · 1,588 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 1,636 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,956 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,973 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,835 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.4 °C · 1,634 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,841 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,659 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,989 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,898 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,858 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,850 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.9 °C · 1,509 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,788 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,881 GDD · 118 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Lacryma Christi's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation (its region's point). The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
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