Alto De La Ballena

Punta Del Este, Uruguay

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Alto de la Ballena (www.altodelaballena.com) is a great winery near Punta Del Este. Owner Alvaro Lorenzo and his wife  Paula Pivel’s winery is on a rocky hillside plot ten miles from the ocean and produces merlot, aged 12 months in French oak,  dry cabernet franc and tannat rosé, as well as an intriguing tannat-viognier.