Víctor Martínez

The Climb

Since 2010, Bodega Vinum Vitae has been tied to Víctor Mart through ownership and winemaking, with the cellar decisions, vineyard timing, and final style all running through the same hand. That role sits alongside his post as professor at the School of Computing, Polytechnic University of Madrid, a pairing that points to method, structure, and close attention to process. In this frame, wine is not an isolated object but the result of linked work across season, site, and cellar.

Today

Stewardship defines the job at Bodega Vinum Vitae: winter pruning, cultivation, bottling, and labeling all sit within Víctor Mart’s remit. Each stage has its own calendar and its own technical demands, from the stripping back of the vine in winter to the point where wine leaves the cellar under label. The work connects vineyard and bottle without breaking the chain, with the winemaker responsible for how each decision carries forward into the next. His own description sets out the trade plainly: “For me it has an enormous heritage in terms of the land, the vineyard, the tradition of wineries, and the tradition of vine cultivation.” In that view, heritage is active material rather than decoration, something handled, maintained, and passed on through daily work.

Signature

Avañate, 2022 Avañate Ribera del Duero DO, 2020 Avañate Evolution Ribera del Duero DO, and Avañate Evolution sit as the named bottlings associated with Víctor Mart. Taken together, they show a consistent house identity rather than isolated releases. They are the clearest record of the work he oversees, where vineyard and cellar decisions meet in the finished wine.

In Their Words “I am responsible for the whole wine-making process: from winter pruning to bottling and labeling.”

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