Palari
Sicilia’s most elegant wines come
from this small producer located in the hills around Messina.
The winemaking philosophy under Salvatore Geraci is simple:
make two wines with the same indigenous grapes but with
different selections. His Rosso del Soprano, a blend based
on a wine known in antiquity as Mamertino, comes from the
native Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio, and Nocera
grapes.
This estate's primary wine is Palari Faro. Here the wine includes
a finer selection of the same grapes to make this a Tre Bicchieri
winner. Faro (which means lighthouse) is a little DOC, almost
the smallest in Italy. With just above 6 hectares (15 acres)
in the DOC area, the production is clearly tiny. Sicilia's
increasing focus on modern production techniques and international
varieties has had some great success, as at the Planeta estate;
but Palari provides a refreshing respite from this trend with
their great indigenous wines.
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