Robola Kephallinias

Robola OPAP areas in Kefalonia

Robola Kephallinias (Ρομπόλα Κεφαλληνίας) is a Greek white wine from the island of Kephalonia , which has the red banderole of the highest Greek quality level OPAP (Onomasia proléfseos anoteras piótitos (Greek Ονομασία προρως) ωρωατωατως προόες . The Robola Kephallinias or Robola of Cephalonia, as its international brand name is, is segregated from the Robola pressed; it is one of the best white wines in Greece.

The cooperative in Omala

The best locations for the early maturing Robola, whose origin and relationship have not yet been fully clarified, are found on stony, largely ahumosic subsoil, especially on the slopes of the Enos between 300 and 800 meters above sea level in the central and southern part of the island of Kefalonia . The cultivation on barren terrain interspersed with limestone is expressed in the Venetian Vino di sasso (= stone wine). The vines are mostly raised in the form of a bush, more recently experiments have also been carried out with low wire frame systems. The hectare yields are strictly limited by the OPAP statute, with the best qualities they are around 25 hectoliters.

The Robola Kephallinias is a fresh, acidic wine , in which, in addition to various mineral notes, aromas of lime and light apple aromas predominate. Its alcohol content is around 12 percent by volume ; it is light yellow-green in color. Wines from the Robola should be drunk young and well chilled (10–12 ° C). They are often sold in bouteille bottles sealed with wax and packed in brown jute bags .

The Robola gained international fame through the 1981 film In Fatal Mission , in which James Bond ordered a Robola.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lazarakis (2005) p. 285
2. ↑ Lazarakis (2005) p. 274
3. ↑ Lazarakis (2005) p. 283
4. ↑ Peter Peter: Corfu, Lefkada, Ithaka, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, p. 128 ADAC travel guide

literature

• André Dominé (Ed.): Wine . Könemann, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8290-2765-6 .
• Rudolf Knoll : Greek Wine . Meininger, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1985, ISBN 3-87524-057-X .
• Konstantinos Lazarakis: The Wines of Greece . Mitchell Beazley, London 2005, ISBN 1-84000-897-0 , pp. 376-393 .
• Jancis Robinson (Ed.): The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd completely revised edition. Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .