Château MacCarthy
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Château MacCarthy is a wine from the St.-Estèphe appellation area
, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux region
, France
.
Once a significant and independent estate, it was bought by the Duboscq family of Château Haut-Marbuzet
in 1988 and the brand has since then been used to label the second wine
of their production.
, formerly established at Cloghan Castel, county Cork, Ireland. It is believed that the MacCarthys were Jacobite
Catholics who followed King James II Stuart to France in 1692, after his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne
. Among other noble Irishmen, like the Lynchs, the Clarkes and the Dillons, Dennis MacCarthy settled near Bordeaux
, 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 Flight of the Wild Geese
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.
Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée
Appellation d’origine contrôlée , which translates as "controlled designation of origin", is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, all under the auspices of the government bureau Institut National...
, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux region
Bordeaux wine regions
The wine regions of Bordeaux are the area around the city of Bordeaux within the Gironde department of Aquitaine. The region is naturally divided by the Gironde River into a Left Bank area which includes the Médoc and the subregions of St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St.-Julien, and Margaux and a Right Bank...
, France
France
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Once a significant and independent estate, it was bought by the Duboscq family of Château Haut-Marbuzet
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 Duboscq acquired it....
in 1988 and the brand has since then been used to label the second wine
Second wine
Second wine is a term commonly associated with Bordeaux wine to refer to a second label wine made from cuvee not selected for use in the Grand vin or first label...
of their production.
History
The estate was named after Dennis MacCarthy (1719–1796), a member of the eldest branch of clan MacCarthy-Diarmuid-ReaghMacCarthy Reagh
The MacCarthy Reagh dynasty are a branch of the great MacCarthy dynasty, Kings of Desmond, deriving from the ancient Eóganachta, of the central Eóganacht Chaisil sept. The MacCarthys Reagh seated themselves as Princes of Carbery in what is now southwestern County Cork in the 13th century...
, formerly established at Cloghan Castel, county Cork, Ireland. It is believed that the MacCarthys were Jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
Catholics who followed King James II Stuart to France in 1692, after his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne
Battle of the Boyne
The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thronesthe Catholic King James and the Protestant King William across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland...
. Among other noble Irishmen, like the Lynchs, the Clarkes and the Dillons, Dennis MacCarthy settled near Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, 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 Flight of the Wild Geese
Flight of the Wild Geese
The Flight of the Wild Geese refers to the departure of an Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on October 3, 1691, following the end of the Williamite War in Ireland...
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.