Viña Cerro Alto

The winery

Viña Cerro Alto is a family project in the municipality of Yumbel that formally began operating in 2019 with a simple idea: to bring together wine, the countryside and rest. The property is in the Río Claro sector, on the road to Turquía, and combines vines with pockets of native vegetation that reach the banks of the Río Claro. This is the dry-farmed interior of the Biobío, with low hills, hot, dry summers, cool nights and rain concentrated in winter.

The vineyard grows Cinsault and Moscatel de Alejandría, two varieties with a long tradition in southern Chile. Under the Valle Biobío designation, the house bottles a rosé, a red that blends País (60%) and Cinsault (40%) and a Moscatel de Alejandría presented as fermentado de uva, a partially fermented grape drink of barely 7 degrees. The wines are kept in a large shed where the winery's demijohns are stacked.

The visit is a tasting in the wine shop, a building with earthen walls and tiled eaves and a wooden bar set on barrels, and the owner serves you himself. There is no minimum number of visitors; the price, duration and day are agreed by phone. If you want to stay, you can lodge in equipped two-bedroom cabins or camp on the property, which also has a pool, a hot tub set among the vines and direct access to the Río Claro.