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,[1] with the intention of having the twins they expected born in France.

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.

[12] Its more recent American owner, Tom Bove from Indiana, 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.

In 2011, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie bought the domaine, as well as the wine business in 50/50 partnership with winemaker Marc Perrin.

In the aftermath of her divorce from Pitt, in October 2021, Angelina Jolie sold her shares to the wine group Tenute del Mondo.