40.21° N · 9.35° E · Barbagia
Cantine di Orgosolo is the winery of a group of small growers from the village of the murals. Its visit goes through vineyards and winery and ends with three wines from the area, with Cannonau at the centre, and local cheeses. From €25 per adult, in two hours, all year.
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Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.
The Barbagia is not only shepherding: on the slopes between Orgosolo, Mamoiada and Oliena, Cannonau, Sardinia's red grape, is grown, and also granatza, a local white. This visit is the most direct way to taste it where it is made, a few minutes from the murals.
Cantine di Orgosolo was born in 2007 from the union of a group of the village's small growers, each with their own vineyard and story. The winery is in Orgosolo's craft zone, on Via E. Mattana, and makes three Cannonau di Sardegna DOC wines, Fromboliere, Luna Vona and Neale, a red and a white IGT Barbagia, Locoe and Ispavillu, and a grappa.
It lasts about two hours. It starts in the vineyard, where they tell you how Cannonau is worked in the mountains, continues through the winery and ends with the tasting: three wines from the area, with Cannonau at the centre, accompanied by dried ricotta, young pecorino, aged pecorino and pane carasau, the crisp bread of Sardinian shepherds. It is done in Italian or English.
Wear comfortable, seasonal clothing and shoes for walking among the vines: in summer the sun is strong in the vineyards, and in winter it is cold at this altitude.
The winery does not publish a phone number or email on its website: you book with the form on the visit page, stating date, number of people and language. Ask several days ahead, especially in summer and in October, when the area fills up with the autumn festivals, such as Gustos e Nuscos in Orgosolo.
In the morning, the Orgosolo murals and lunch at Il Portico, whose menu includes the house Cannonau wine; in the afternoon, the tasting. Sort out who drives: the roads back to Nuoro, Oliena or Olbia are winding.
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The minimum is four people.
Three wines and a mountain road do not mix.
The winery sells its bottles; it also has an online shop.
Questions
From €25 per adult.
About two hours, with vineyard, winery and tasting.
Three wines from the area, mainly Cannonau, with cheeses and pane carasau.
No: the visit is only for over-18s.
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