The Carrau family have been making wine since 1752, first in Catalonia and in Uruguay since the 1930s, which makes this the longest continuous winemaking line in the country. The bodega sits in Colón on the northern edge of Montevideo, twenty minutes from the centre, and the cellars underneath it are the original ones.
Visits are by appointment and take in the vineyard, the underground cellar and a tasting. Carrau were the people who established that tannat — the Basque grape that struggles almost everywhere else — does something worth drinking in Uruguayan soil, and the tasting makes the case better than any argument.
They are registered with the Ministry of Tourism as a bodega turística, and they answer WhatsApp on the number below.