Viña Los Troncos

The winery

Viña Los Troncos is a family project in the Crucero de Huaro sector, in the municipality of Florida, a stone's throw from the Autopista del Itata and about 30 minutes from Concepción. The winery has passed from generation to generation: as the family itself tells it, at first the wine was made for the household and friends, then it was sold in bulk, as was usual in the area, and today it aims to reach more people with bottles under its own label. The Cartografía Vitivinícola del Biobío (the region's wine map), a Duoc UC project, credits it with some 200 years of history, a figure the winery does not spell out in its own channels. At the helm is the producer Susana Ruiz, who in 2025 chaired the Mesa Regional de Enoturismo del Biobío, the regional wine tourism board.

The vineyard sits in the hills of the dry-farmed interior, with hot, dry summers and rainy winters, and brings together three traditional grapes of the area: Cinsault, País and Moscatel de Alejandría. Its photos show vines with thick, gnarled trunks, and the winery says its Cinsault plants are over 100 years old. From them comes Curiche, its red. The white Los Troncos is a Moscatel de Alejandría fermented slowly and at low temperature, and in early 2021 a rosé from the 2020 harvest was added. The Curiche and Los Troncos labels declare Valle del Itata. There is no online shop: the wines are bought directly at the winery, and it is worth asking beforehand which vintages are available.

Visits are by appointment. The Cartografía describes it as a tasting with direct sales at the winery and a walk through the vineyard, its old vines and the lagares (treading vats) and machinery preserved on the property, for groups of up to 15 people, in winter and in summer; traditional food can also be requested. In September 2025 Los Troncos joined the Biobío winegrowers' invitation for Fiestas Patrias (the September national holidays), with guided visits and tastings. Price and duration are to be checked with Susana Ruiz at +56 9 7410 6333 or susana.ruizcid@gmail.com. When booking, ask for directions to the property: the point on this map marks the sector, not the entrance to the winery, and Google Maps places it in the town of Florida, some 12 km away.