The origin of the name Lacrima is not clear, as other grapes from the Centre-south of Italy, although unrelated to each other, bear the same name.
Perhaps it derives from the elongated shape of the grapes, or from a distant relationship to Spanish Lacrima vines. Both bunches and individual grapes are of medium size, vigorous, but not particularly long-lived, and are sensitive to natural attacks.
Lacrima wine is going through a period of great interest, because its great personality when young shines through at national level.
