Château Miraval, Correns-Var was owned by whom from 2011 to 2012?
Château Miraval , Correns-Var Château Miraval is a château and vineyard located in the village of Correns , just north of Brignoles , a village in the Var département in the south of France . The château hit headlines in late May 2008 when it was revealed that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had leased it for three years with an option to buy , after surveying prospective properties by helicopter , with the intention of having the twins they expected born in France . It is now owned by Pitt and Jolie , who were married in the châteaus chapel in August 2014 . In 2017 , a new product was released by Château Miraval , an organic extra virgin olive oil . LHuile dOlive Miraval is packaged in black stoneware bottles and contains blended extra virgin olive oil produced from olives grown on the Miraval estate and locally-sourced Verdale , Pichouline , Tanche , Lucques , Aglandau , Cayon and Arboussane organic olives . History . Miraval estate is located on a site first inhabited in pre-Roman times . The château , in a modest vernacular style , has thirty-five rooms . It is surrounded by gardens with a moat , fountains , ancient aqueducts , a pond and a chapel , and by its vineyard , recently planted olive grove and by the surrounding garrigue and woodlands of evergreen and white oak , and Stone Pine , Aleppo Pine and Maritime Pine . A previous owner , the French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier , installed a recording studio in the château : Sting recorded there , as did the Cranberries , and Pink Floyd laid down tracks for The Wall album , released in 1979 . Its more recent American owner , Tom Bove , who bought the domaine in 1993 and modernised its viticulture , which had been producing simple vin de pays , has added a spa , Jacuzzi , twin gyms and an indoor pool . The château is known for its wines , white wines under the Coteaux Varois appellation and red , white and rosé wine under the Côtes de Provence appellation : the Guide Hachette des Vins called it one of Frances top 500 wine producers . The domaine consists of 400 hectares ( 1,000 acres ) of which 30 hectares on the valley floor are devoted to vines . A series of winding stone terraces following the profiles of the slopes are planted with thirteen varieties of olives . The immense wine cellar of Miraval was built in 1850 by Joseph-Louis Lambot , the inventor of reinforced concrete , who owned the nearby domaine of La Celle . The Côtes de Provence Rosé Miraval has won plaudits from Wine Spectator magazine . In January 2020 , co-owner and winemaker Marc Perrin confirmed that Miraval is set to release a Rosé Champagne in collaboration with Champagne grower-producer Rodolphe Péters . External links . - Official Miraval Estate website