CentoPerCento ‘Grappa alle Uve di Lacryma Christi’

About the distillery

1998 Luciano Brotto and his son Nicola founded the CentoPerCento company, seated on the Montello, a hilly region north of Treviso, in a corner of high historical and natural interest. Luciano is not only carrying forward his family hundred-year tradition of distilling but has also turned into a researcher and innovator to add value to a product, which is deep-rooted in the Veneto culture. CentoPercCento’s distillates are different from the traditional ones because their production has a modern conception, and the methods of distillation, invented by Luciano and Nicola themselves, are new, original and exclusive.

About Lacryma Christi

Lacryma Christi fully deserves to be part of the history of national and international oenology and carries within the secrets of a thousand-year history. The legend tells that one day Jesus arrived in the region of Campania, in the Vesuvius area, and seeing it inhabited by so many demons began to cry. Immediately afterwards lush grapevines started to grow from the same spot where his tears fell, and wine of extraordinary goodness was made, called Lacryma Christi, meaning in Latin “tears of Christ”.

The Italian author Curzio Malaparte wrote of this legend in his book “La Pelle” (skin), inviting the reader to drink this “sacred, ancient wine”. The production area covers only the 15 counties of the province of Naples, located on the slopes
of the Vesuvius, where the vineyards are home to native varieties, which have always been grown in this area. Lacryma Christi is a D.O.C. wine and the label “Lacryma Christi” is only reserved for particularly praised wines that reach at least 12 alcohol degrees.