A wine-growing municipality in inland Ogliastra, built on terraced slopes at the base of a limestone tacco.

Inland southern Ogliastra, between Ulassai, Gairo and the Cardedu coast.

For the viticultural landscape and to understand Cannonau in an Ogliastra context, where vines coexist with rock.

How do you get there?

By car from the coast, climbing inland.

September and October for the harvest; spring for the green slopes.

Ulassai, Gairo, Cardedu, Tertenia.

Cannonau country

Jerzu

Terraced vineyards beneath limestone walls: the Ogliastra village identified with Cannonau.

The village of Jerzu and its terraced slopes — Photo: trolvag · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In Jerzu viticulture is not an attraction added to the landscape: it is the landscape. Terraces climb as far as the rock allows, and Cannonau here is a historic crop before it is a tourist product.

The village is best read from above, from the points where the road opens onto the valley. Opening times for wineries and cooperatives change from season to season and should be checked directly.

The essential answers

What is it?: A wine-growing municipality in inland Ogliastra, built on terraced slopes at the base of a limestone tacco.
Where is it?: Inland southern Ogliastra, between Ulassai, Gairo and the Cardedu coast.
Why visit?: For the viticultural landscape and to understand Cannonau in an Ogliastra context, where vines coexist with rock.
How do you get there?: By car from the coast, climbing inland.
When to go?: September and October for the harvest; spring for the green slopes.
What is nearby?: Ulassai, Gairo, Cardedu, Tertenia.
Where to stay?: Based at I Mandorli you can fit Jerzu into an itinerary that combines hinterland and sea in a single day.

Where to stay

A base for exploring east Sardinia

Based at I Mandorli you can fit Jerzu into an itinerary that combines hinterland and sea in a single day.

I Mandorli, a base for Jerzu Where to stay

The essential answers

A base for exploring east Sardinia

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