Since the 1700’s, the Matrone family has been
cultivating vineyards on the southern slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Fast
forward to this century, when Andrea Matrone and his cousin Francesco
reappropriated their family’s original cantina and historic vineyard
holdings that climb up the volcano. In fact, Strada Matrone is still today
the main path to the crater.
Andrea’s experience as a local agronomist and enologist, combined with
his contadino ethos, give wines of volcanic energy and radiating
minerality