Uruguay
Bodega Cerro del Toro
Cerro del Toro winery was started by the Norwegian businessman, Lars T Ugland and the Kambara family from Japan in 2016 in a joint venture, with the goal of making top quality wines on their estate in Maldonado.
Located on the north-eastern face of the Cerro del Toro hill in an 800-hectare estate in Piriápolis. Cerro del Toro vineyard currently have 28 hectares of vines planted.
The vineyard has been separated into different sectors and the soils are predominantly rocky soils with clay loam, granite, calcium carbonate and decomposed metamorphic rocks. Every aspect of the vineyard is exposed to the strong maritime breeze – just a couple kilometres from the sea – with a slope gradient of 12 to 15% and altitudes ranging from 60 to 128 m.a.s.l.
