Azienda Agricola Manna

Azienda Agricola Manna cultivates Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio DOP within the protected area that includes eighteen municipalities on the slopes of the volcano. These are small, pointed fruits, never exceeding twenty-five grams, which the volcanic soil imbues with an exceptional concentration: sugars starting from 6.5 Brix degrees and a pulp of rare compactness. The distinctive feature remains the preservation method stipulated by the denomination, the cluster drying (a "piennolo") that keeps the tomatoes hanging for months. This practice further concentrates the sweetness without extinguishing the acidity, establishing the contrast that makes the fruit a benchmark of Campanian cuisine. Manna operates entirely within this single product, entrusting its recognizability not to the breadth of its offering but to its fidelity to an ancient agricultural practice, where the choice of harvest time and the care of the *piennolo* weigh as much as the land from which the tomato is born.

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