Amid the rolling vines of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, this collection of 61 rooms and suites exude a sense of weathered history, but in actuality the entire pile was incepted and built from reclaimed local materials in the late 1990s. A musing on the French Paradox – a study that found the Southwestern French lifestyle and diet to be conductive to good health – here Michelin-starred dining using seasonal produce from local growers and a 1200-bottle strong cellar of precious wines comprise but a part of this terroir of rejuvenation.

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