Cerro del Toro winery was started by the Norwegian businessman, Lars 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 has 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 kilometers from the sea – with a slope gradient of 12 to 15% and altitudes ranging from 200 to 380 feet above the sea level. Climate, soil, topography, native vegetation and landscape are the main factors of a unique place. The area of Maldonado has had frenetic growth in the second decade of the new millennium, with local and foreign investment. This development made the area of Maldonado to be the one with the most growth in vineyard area in recent years in the country, generating national and international attention.

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