Viña Los 3

The winery

Viña Los 3 is the project of Roberto Pinto, an agronomist with a long career as a viticulturist in the Maipo, Teresa Barrientos, a teacher, and their son Rafael. The family arrived in 2005 in the rural area of Huelquén, in Paine, where it first built its house and then planted the vineyard; the winery's website dates the project to 2007. In July 2019, with support from Corfo and the Regional Government, it opened to the public a small winemaking cellar with a wine shop and tasting room: a long volume clad in rust-colored metal on a stone base, surrounded by vines and with the hills behind. At the time it produced about 2,000 bottles a year and planned to reach about 6,500; today it does not publish the figure.

The vineyard occupies about 2 ha in El Escorial, at the far southern end of the Maipo, and is harvested by hand. The winery presents itself as organic and says it works without pesticides or chemicals, though it publishes no certification. It makes three limited-edition wines from Carménère. Virado 2022, with 10% Cabernet, owes its name to the turning of the leaves from green to red in the fall. Atravesado, with no vintage, brings together three harvests in equal parts and is sealed by hand with red wax. Amanda 2015 completes the series, with a ball of yarn drawn on the label. Three vintages, three labels and one family: that is where the name comes from, the winery explains. According to its website, Tim Atkin's Chile 2026 report gave 94 points to Atravesado and 91 to Virado.

Visits are scheduled in advance and led by the owners themselves: they cover the vineyard and the cellar and include a tasting. You can also book a tour with a private lunch, with views of the vines and the hills. The winery publishes no prices, days or times, which are arranged by phone, email or Instagram. Enoturismo Chile also mentions private dinners and cooking classes, and that pets are accepted; ask when booking. The website has no online store: the wines are ordered directly from the winery, which delivers to your door. In 2025 it announced that they were also at the Duty Free of Santiago airport and on the wine list of the restaurant Prístino, in Vitacura. It takes part in Maipo Origen, a group of small family wineries in the valley.