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The fastest way for us to help you find the wines you'll love (and avoid the wines you won't ) is for you to spend 30 seconds to tell us about your wine tastes. We use these answers, together with your wine ratings to build a detailed profile of your personal tastes. We match your taste profile to our wines taste profile to find the wines that match. Even if it's a grape you don't know, from a place you don't know, made by a person you have never heard of. For example, if you tell us that you like Rioja, we have an Argentinean Malbec that you will adore. And a Spanish Grenache that will blow your socks off.

I prefer

red and whites

reds only

whites only

I usually spend about:

£ on a bottle of every day wine

£ on a bottle for special occasions

I buy about bottles a week

Red wine preferences

Do you like?	Rating (rollover the stars to rate)
Big, full bodied red wines? The kind of wine that goes with a rich meaty stew? E.g. Aussie Shiraz.
Elegant restrained reds...e.g. Bordeaux and Burgundy.
Rioja? Warm, oaky mellow wines, great for sharing around a roaring fire?
Soft, fruity, juicy easy drinking reds. e.g. Chilean Merlot, or a Cote du Rhone?

White wine preferences

Do you like?	Rating (rollover the stars to rate)
New Zealand Sauvignons and other fruity, refreshingly zingy whites?
Oaky, mellow fruity wines? Australian Chardonnay for example?
Fruity but DRY whites, perfect for an aperitif
Bone dry classics like Chablis?

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The first bio-climatic winery in the EU, constructed completely out of renewable resources
Multiple International Wine Cellar Awards 2006 / 2007

Jose Maria Martinez

The man in charge at Spain's first eco-climatic winery

338 Ratings

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Meet the Winemaker
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Hello Jose

I have some 2008 Lanzado Rioja Joven and would like to lay down a few bottles. What would you estimate the max time I might do this for and when would the wine be best to drink.

Peter

by Peter 09/02/2010 14:36

I notice there aren't any of Jose Maria's wines available at the moment. In particular the Lanzado Crianza 2005. Could you tell me if or when the wines will be available? Guy

by Guy 28/12/2009 16:52

The first shipment came a few weeks ago and I thought the wine was lovely. I opened a bottle, left it to breathe and then had a couple of glasses. It's nice wine and my friends agree. I like both the Crianza 2005 & Cosecha 2007.

by Carole 15/07/2009 23:24

In defence of this winemaker... as there seem to be plenty of negative comments below (perfectly acceptable of course as wine appreciation is all about opinions) I would say that the Joven is the stand out wine of the bunch, although I dont see it listed on the website, only the crianza which was a little dissapointing and lacked character.

by Gary 16/06/2009 16:42

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Jose Maria's Story

"Advice I would offer to other winemakers? Well, love for the wine, good grapes, total dedication, intuition and effort – oh, and love for the countryside."

"Winemaking is a family tradition for me – I belong to the third generation of people dedicated to wine and our family vineyard.

We are very proud of the work that we do, and we are the first bio-climatic winery in the European Community. We constructed our winery in 1994 out of renewable sources, and we've also found new ways to minimize waste, including recycling and repurifying the water used in our cooling tanks.

Advice I would offer to other winemakers? Well, love for the wine, good grapes, total dedication, intuition and effort – oh, and love for the countryside."

A few Naked Extras about José Maria -

His favourite wine is Pesus 2004
His favourite season is the autumn, when he enjoys sitting amongst his vines with a bottle of his finest
What he doesn't like about his job? The administrative work and the unpredictable weather...
If he wasn't working as a winemaker, he can imagine himself as a forest worker – a true outdoors kind of guy!