Palama Salento Verdeca Arcangelo 2017 750 ML

The Palam family vineyard was founded by Arcangelo Palam in 1936. A family of Greek origins, they settled in Italia about two thousand years ago, and have been making wine ever since. The Palams are also beloved and accomplished restaurateurs, icons in their hometown, and for 70 years had only sold their wine in their restaurantuntil Small Vineyards came knocking on their door. Now the winemaker is Nin Palam, son of Arcangelo, and a gregarious, larger than life character who sings spontaneously (and without warning!), and is known to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Those fruits, we might add, are really terrific. His wines are full-bodied, intense and unctuous, but with admirable restrained alcohol and tannins. In many ways, his wines capture the power of the South of Italia, and the elegance of the North. In fact, for us, there are few, if any, winemakers in Puglia making better wine. Due to his estates proximity to the sea, the value of Southern coastal reds is that they pa…