Viña Punku

The winery

Punku, a word that means door or gateway in Quechua and Aymara, is the signature-wine project of Ana Lorena Salomó, a viticulturist and winemaker with more than thirty years in the Chilean industry. It is based in the Santa Ana sector of Peralillo, on the Ruta Natural de Santa Ana, the Colchagua road toward the coast, and has no vineyards of its own: Salomó picks fruit from small growers, mostly neighbors who farm agroecologically, such as Caminomar, Soraya and La Sirca, and rounds it out with Sauvignon Blanc from the granite slopes of Paredones, some ten kilometers from the Pacific, and with grapes from Loncomilla, in the Maule. She makes small lots, partly at IIVO, a micro-vinification center for small producers, and she is also the winemaker at Caminomar.

The Microterroir line gathers a Sauvignon Blanc from Paredones, reds from Santa Ana (a blend based on Carménère and Petite Sirah, a Petite Sirah and a Carménère), a multi-variety rosé and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Loncomilla; recent harvests added blends with Zinfandel and Carignan, a Carménère from Almahue and a Riesling from the Biobío. They are low-intervention wines made in limited quantities, which Alistair Cooper MW's guide for Catad'Or rated between 91 and 93 points in its 2025 and 2026 editions. Punku exports to Taiwan and China; in Chile it sells through its online shop, with bottles at CLP 15,000, and by WhatsApp, with six-bottle cases of your choice.

Punku publishes no tours, hours or visit prices. The Municipality of Peralillo presents it as a winery run by its owners and open to tourism, with a tasting room, a pool and works of art, and at Puertas Abiertas, the annual open day of the Ruta Santa Ana, it welcomed the public to its space in April 2026 with a tasting, pairings, art and open-fire cooking. Outside that date, visits are arranged beforehand by WhatsApp; Salomó also takes educational tastings to events and restaurants.