Cantina Sociale d'Oliena: "Nepente d'Oliena" Oliena Restaurant Tip by giampiero6

Nepente d'Oliena is a much praised Cannonau wine that is produced here. Some of its most acclaimed praise comes from one of Italys most famous poets, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Make sure you get the Riserva with the Red Image on the Black Label. It's better and not overpriced.

Favorite Dish: D'Annuzio's Quote About Nepente d'Oliena:

"Non conoscete il nepente d'Oliena neppure per fama? Ahi lasso! lo sono certo che, se ne beveste un sorso, non vorreste mai più partirvi dall'ombra delle candide rupi, e scegliereste per vostro eremo una di quelle cellete scarpellate nel macigno che i Sardi chiamano Domos de Janas, per quivi spugnosamente vivere in estasi fra caratello e quarteruolo. Io non lo conosco se non all'odore; e l'odore, indicibile, bastò a inebriarmi."

‘do you not know Nepente d’Oliena not even by its fame? Alas. I am certain that if you drink a sip, you’d never want to leave the shadows of the white cliffs, and that you’d choose as your hermit’s dwelling one of the little cells, chiseled in the stones that the Sardinians call Domos de Janas, to languidly live here in ecstasy among the bottles and measures. I know it not but from its aroma; and the aroma; indescribable was enough to intoxicate my senses.’

Comparison: more expensive than average
Directions: Follow Signs. The town is small.
Price: US$11-20
Rating: 0
Theme: Wine Bar/Wine Tasting