Château MacCarthy is a wine from the Saint-Estèphe appellation area, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux region,

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. Once a significant and independent estate, it was bought by the Duboscq family of

Château Haut-Marbuzet Château Haut-Marbuzet () is a Bordeaux wine estate in the Saint-Estèphe appellation area of the Haut-Médoc. Although its origins go back to the 18th century, the estate only emerged as a leading quality producer from 1952 after Hervé Dubos ...

in 1988 and the brand has since then been used to label the

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History

The estate was named after Dennis MacCarthy (1719–1796), a member of the eldest branch of clan MacCarthy-Diarmuid-Reagh, formerly established at Cloghan Castel, county Cork, Ireland. It is believed that the MacCarthys were

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Catholics who followed King

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to France in 1692, after his defeat at the

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. Among other noble Irishmen, like the Lynchs, the Clarkes and the Dillons, Dennis MacCarthy settled near

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, an active French port of the time, where he established his family. Applied to Bordeaux, the broader movement of Irish exiles to Continental Europe known as

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is called the "Flight of the Wine Geese" as many of them left traces in the Médoc wine industry by creating estates which bore their names. In Bordeaux, their fortunes prospered. Dennis MacCarthy became a prominent citizen, director of the Chamber of Commerce in 1767, then ''Premier Consul'' of the city in 1767-1768. His nephews John and Donald MacCarthy founded MacCarthy Frères a ''négociant'' company specialized in shipping wines to the British Isles and Scandinavia. A ''rue'' MacCarthy in Bordeaux-Caudéran commemorates their ascension. In 1815, all the vines of Marbuzet formed part of MacCarthy estate. In 1854, they were forced to divide up the estate and sell it to the Raymond family.Coates, Clive (1995). ''Grands Vins''. University of California Press. p. 210.

Gallery

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References

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