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    Yann Laudeho Leroy

    Cellar Master, Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte

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    i. Biography

    Yann Laudeho Leroy is the cellar master at Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte in Martillac, Bordeaux. The estate's current team page places him alongside managing director, agricultural engineer, and enologist Fabien Teitgen and head of culture Nicolas Poumeyrau. In that role, Laudeho Leroy is part of the team responsible for carrying the estate's red and white wines from vineyard decisions into cellar execution. His work sits within the Cathiard family's stated ambition to make every vintage worthy of the Pessac-Léognan terroir while preserving the château's long winegrowing tradition.

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