Description
A new rosé Champagne has been created by a leading cast of winemakers alongside Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, co-owners of Château Miraval in Provence, following a five-year ‘secret’ project.
Brad Pitt took a leading role in creating Fleur de Miraval rosé Champagne, said the team behind the new house and label, describing it as ‘not some new celebrity wine, but an authentic project’.
It builds on the success of Château Miraval, which since 2012 has been producing acclaimed Provence rosé wines and remains co-owned by Jolie-Pitt, as well as by the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
‘Fleur de Miraval is the culmination of five years of work, research and tasting, done in the utmost secrecy,’ said Rodolphe Péters.
Tasting Notes
Fleur de Miraval is a rosé Champagne composed of 75% Chardonnay and 25% Pinot Noir.
An extraordinary achievement this, made by the famously difficult saignée method, yet with a wonderful onion skin colour and poised aromas of lemongrass, small red berried fruit and pink grapefruit. Despite the relatively modest time on lees (three years), there is definite pedigree here, and, given the aspiration to forge a new style of rosé, a triumphant aura of complexity and latent potential. What’s more, this wine is appreciably different to the other prestige rosé Champagnes on the market, without in any way losing out in terms of profundity, or, at a more basic level, the power to give pleasure. The very high expectations have been matched… and then some! [94 Points, Simon Field MW, decanter.com]
