We have followed Domaine set-Anne as amateurs for many years and worked with them in the past too so we are thrilled to be reintroducing the estate to our list now. 

The Viennese Steinmaier family emigrated to Chalon-sur-Saone, France in the 1930s and in 1965, Guy Steinmaier, a Burgundian by birth, purchased his first vineyard in the hamlet of Les Celettes high in the hills near Saint Gervais on the right bank of the Rhône. He followed this with a further 10 hectares in 1973 and, also, buildings with stunning 16th century underground cellars. In the 1980s, Guy's sons, Jean and Alain, took over the running of the estate which now covers 35 hectares, now worked by Alain. 

The estate has grown in reputation with wines showing a Burgundian-like finesse. Only the mostly Syrah cuvée 'Mourillons' sees any wood; otherwise everything is aged in cement tanks.

As far back as the 1990s, Robert Parker described this as 'one of the best estates in the entire Rhone Valley' and suggested the wines could be regarded as 'mini-Beaucastel and/or Bandol', wines which cost two or three times as much. The emphasis on Syrah and Mourvèdre obviously has something to do with this but the purity of the fruit and concentration of the wines which drink young but age well over several years is what makes the wines stand out.