To drink this week: Robola and Assyrtiko
I have written in the past of the great potential of Robola variety which shows its authentic soul in its natural home, the island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea. And while it is often compared to Assyrtiko in a less powerful dimension, it nevertheless retains its unique expression by being fatter, textural as well but in a fruitier rather than mineral frame.
The following two wines prove two points; one that Robola is not Assyrtiko (and it should not be!) and second that there is minerality outside Santorini as well.
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