Domaine du Tunnel was founded in 1994 when then 24-year-old Stéphane Robert and his wife Sandrine purchased plots in Saint-Joseph, Saint-Peray and Cornas. They named their domaine after the 500-foot stone tunnel that runs beneath the hilly site. Robert had previously worked at several Saint-Joseph domaines. Robert now works 20 vineyard acres in the three appellations and has earned a reputation as game-changing vigneron in newly burnished region. Nearly all the estate’s wines are vinified in stainless steel then aged for 14 months in oak barrels. He makes reds and whites. Vinous has noted that “Stéphane Robert’s wines strike a balance between traditional and modern in style, and they continue to rise in quality…”