Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt is to serve one of his own
wines at his wedding to actress Angelina Jolie this September, db.com reports. Among the wines hand-picked
by Pitt for the reception will be Provençal rosé Pink Floyd, produced at Pitt
and Jolie’s Château Miraval in Côtes de Provence, which dates from
pre-Roman times.
The wine is so named as rock band Pink Floyd recorded
part of their iconic album The Wall at
the château, and reportedly became fond of the pink drop during their stay. The
estate was home to Studio Miraval in the ‘70s, created by Jazz pianist Jacques
Loussier, where everyone from Sting and Sade to The Cranberries came to record
music.
The regions of Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne will
also feature in the wedding wine line-up, along with one wine from Germany. A
source told The Sun: “Brad’s cellar
boasts some incredibly rare wines and rivals those of some of the best
connoisseurs in Europe. He’s always had a keen interest in wine and did his
wine steward’s course this year.”
The Oxford Wine Company website describes the 2011
vintage of Pink Floyd as “a complex rosé with red berry, strawberry
and red cherry fruit underpinned by crisp minerality and tight structure. The
13.5% wine, a blend of old vine Cinsault and Grenache, is bottled under cork.
Château Miraval is set among 400 hectares of land, 75 of
which are planted with vines on a mixture of clay and chalk soil. In addition
to Pink Floyd, the estate produces a white made from Rolle and a red made from
Syrah, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon. The château has certified organic
vineyards in Côtes de Provence and Côteaux Varois.
Pitt and Jolie plan to tie the knot in September with
only close family and friends present. Pitt has been left to do the majority of
the wedding planning. In May, it was reported that Brad Pitt is to star in the film adaptation of The Billionaire’s Vinegar, a book by Benjamin Wallace on the fake Thomas Jefferson bottles
affair.
