Expect lemon, green apple, white peach, white flowers, and a chalky limestone-mineral note with medium body and bright acidity. Robola is one of Greece's most distinctive whites, often compared to Sauvignon Blanc for its citrus profile but with notably more mineral character.
- Varietal
- Robola (100%, the indigenous white grape of Cephalonia)
- Region
- Greece / Ionian Islands / Cephalonia
- Body
- Medium
- Style
- dry white, mineral, distinctive
The producer
Gentilini is one of Cephalonia's most respected wineries, founded in 1984. The estate specializes in Robola, the indigenous white grape grown almost exclusively on this island, where it thrives on limestone-rich soils. Rhombus is one of the estate's flagship Robola bottlings.
What critics say
Gentilini Robolas receive consistently strong reviews as benchmark expressions of this rare and distinctive variety.
Pairing
Grilled fish with lemon, octopus, grilled vegetables, light pastas with seafood