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Christian Abbott

Inside Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's vineyard at heart of bitter divorce

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were the celebrity power couple of Hollywood.

However, in 2019, they announced their divorce, which quickly led to an intense ongoing legal battle.

For months, their French vineyard played a crucial role in the proceedings, with Brad annoyed over Angelina’s decision to sell her half of the property.

He said her decision to sell her share of the vineyard to a Russian oligarch forced him to partner with “a stranger with poisonous associations and intentions".

Angelina has not yet responded publicly to these claims.

The beautiful home is a sight to behold, as the fully functioning vineyard is a picture-perfect French chateau.

Where is the vineyard?

The vineyard is located in the south-east of France (AFP via Getty Images)

Know as the Miraval estate, the vineyard is located I the south-east of France.

Specifically, it sits just outside the village of Correns, but due to the scale of the property, there aren't any other homes nearby.

It is believed Brad paid 60% of the asking price, while Angelina chipped in 40%.

How much did the vineyard cost?

The vineyard set Brad and Angelina back tens of millions of dollars (Instagram/ @wine_spectator)

The sprawling estate was unsurprisingly quite expensive, setting the couple back around 25 million euros (£21.3million).

Its hefty price tag wasn’t just because of the scale of the land, but mainly because of what lies within it.

Not only is it an enormous vineyard, but it is also a truffle farm too, with thousands of oat trees fostering the highly desired treats.

It is lined with hundreds of beehives too, allowing the estate to produce its own honey, along with around 3,000 olive trees for creating olive oil.

How big is the vineyard?

The vineyard covers 1,000 acres of land (AFP via Getty Images)

The entire vineyard is actually massive, with 1,000 acres to play with in the surrounding fields.

Not only does the land house an entire wine business, but it also a Romanesque chapel where Brad and Angelina actually wed.

The lad also contains an entire pine forest, a lake and a moat.

The main house is just as impressive on its own, with 35 rooms altogether.

It has a gym, home cinema, a spa, two pools for both inside and outside and a helicopter pad for good measure.

Why was the vineyard so important in their divorce?

Back in February, it was reported that Brad sued Angelina for selling her shares of the chateau to Stoli Group, a Luxembourg-based spirits manufacturer.

The company is owned by Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler.

The issue comes from the fact the vineyard is still operating and producing is own wine, essentially putting Brad in partnership with Yuri.

The lawsuit claims the sale helped launch a “hostile” takeover of the wine business, one which had grown into a “multimillion-dollar international success story".

According to the documents filed as part of the lawsuit: "Through the purported sale, Jolie sought to inflict harm on Pitt.

"Jolie knew and intended that Shefler and his affiliates would try to control the business Pitt had built and to undermine Pitt's investment in Miraval."

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