(Decanter) - A deal for Château Prieuré Sainte-Anne in Pauillac has countered a trend for Bordeaux estates being sold to buyers outside of the EU.

Château Prieuré Sainte-Anne, an AOC Côtes de Bordeaux producer near to Capian, has been bought by Belgian private investors Mr and Mrs Herwig and Annelies Callewier-Corne.

The trio have acquired the 8.15ha hillside estate overlooking the right bank of the Garonne river with 4.45ha of vines, plus the historic château residence complete with tennis courts and swimming pool. A fee was not disclosed.

Most of the estate’s wines are exported to Germany and Austria and the property is ‘commercially viable’, said estate agency Vineyards-Bordeaux, affiliated to Christie’s International Real Estate.