Winemaker
Valérie Vialard
Winemaker & Lead Œnologue, Château Latour-Martillac
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Portrait of Valérie Vialard
i. Biography
Valérie Vialard is the head winemaker and estate oenologist at Château Latour-Martillac, a Grand Cru Classé de Graves property in Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux. After earning her national oenology diploma from the Bordeaux Faculty of Oenology, she joined Château Latour-Martillac in 1990 as the first female technical director and winemaker in the Pessac-Léognan appellation. Over more than three decades working alongside the Kressmann family, she has gained acclaim for producing classic dry white Graves blends and structured, terroir-driven red wines.
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