Lacryma Christi

Lacryma Christi, a wine of a sweet but piquant taste, and a most agreeable bouquet, which is produced from grapes grown on Mount Vesuvius. The kind most esteemed is the light red, the dark amber-coloured coming next. But the genuine wine is very expensive, as only a small quantity is produced; and the name (derived from a monastery on the mountain) is commonly given in Naples to Capuan and other second-class wines. See WINE.