Rondó Viña y Bodega

The winery

Rondó is the project of the Cantuarias Bottero family in San Rafael, at km 231.5 of the Panamericana Sur highway. César Cantuarias and Elizabeth Bottero lived thirty years in Santiago, where they raised their four children, before settling in the Maule Valley; the project dates from 2003, and today Karla, Lorena, Sebastián and Cristóbal also run it. The name comes from the rondo, the musical form with a recurring refrain that Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven used to close sonatas and symphonies, and classical music comes up again and again in how the family talks about its wine.

The winery describes small-scale work: sheep that clear the weeds and manure the soil during winter dormancy, pruning by the cycles of the moon, hand harvesting, fermentation with yeasts from the surroundings, musts moved by gravity and aging in French oak barrels. It presents itself as natural and ecological wine; it publishes no certification. In 2024 it listed seven grape varieties of its own: Carménère, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah among the reds, and Gewürztraminer and Sauvignon Blanc among the whites (earlier versions of its website spoke of twelve and of eight). The winery highlights Airoso, a gran reserva of 40% Syrah, 30% Carménère and 30% Cabernet Franc with 24 months in barrel; its 2024 catalog also included Carménère 2019 and Cabernet Sauvignon 2020, with 18 months in barrel, and in March 2026 it showed its Merlot harvest. At the top of the property stands its most striking feature: a winery of great arches, with green walls and colored spirals, conceived as a tribute to the golden ratio. In 2019 its website declared it under construction, and the photo it uploaded in September 2026 still shows exposed rebar on one side.

No visits, hours or prices are published: the Ruta del Vino del Maule, the Maule wine route, of which it is a member, lists it without tourism and with visits to be confirmed, so call before you go. Nor is there an active online shop today, because the previous one stopped working and the new one at rondowinery.com is still under construction. This year its wines have turned up at fairs such as the Outlet del Vino and Jazz and Wine, in Alto Las Rastras in Talca, and Expovino, in Valparaíso. To ask about purchases, its Instagram gives Elizabeth Bottero's number: +56 9 7758 6760.