Marcassin
“marka-sin”
or “mar-kassin”
Maybach
“My-bock” pronounced like the auto manufacturer
or “may-bock”
There may be others
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I had to have my pronunciation of “Detert” fixed. I swear none of the place names in Napa have normal pronunciations
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Marcassin is a French word for a young wild boar, so it should be pronounced according to the French: marCAHsahn. Of course, the owners can pronounce it anyway they wish.
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dEE-tert or de’-TURT?
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Reading Spectator’s Top 100 for 2023 entry on Lynch Bages introduced me to the “Americanized” pronunciation…
Lynch Bages > “lunch bags”
Which got me thinking…
Haut Bages > 
I like Haut Bages Liberal, and in my head, I often think “hot bag liberals.”
[correct pronunciation “o bazsh lee-bay-(h)ral” or something close to that]
By the way, I absolutely love pronunciation threads. We should have two a year. It is so helpful and increases the flow of wine conversation when people aren’t awkward about how to pronounce something. Whether it’s varieties, regions, vineyards, producers, techniques, any of it.
Let’s get this flowing. Ask questions, and equally importantly, answer questions.
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In my group we’ve called those chateaux for years with names like
Lunch Bags
Hot Bags Liberal
Feeling Secure
Fun Rock
and, while not a Bordeaux, still a necessary addition to the list: Mas de Dumbass Gas-sack
Don’t the French say (Lynch) “linch” as “lench”?
I take umbrage!
How bout To Kalon
Thank goodness for Roy pipers videos or I’d continue to mess that one up
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This
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Yep.
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If said fast enough, it could pass for “Toke Along” or “Toke A Lawn” 
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LEE-roy is still stuck in my head
I always thought so but we recently visited a Napa estate run by a French firm and their French employee from Bordeaux pronounced Lynch as “linch.”
Not quite actually - it would be “mar-ker-SAN”, with slightly rising intonation at the end. Someone down South would probably add a little “g” at the end, making it “sang”.
I would say that both are correct. Someone French would normally say “lansh”, but “lintch” is how the name would have been pronounced originally.
It’s like Kirwan - I would say “kier-one”, some French people would too, others would say “kier-von” (which is how Claire Villars-Lurton pronounced it).
Or Talbot - lots of French people pronounce it “Taalboe”
Always a minefield!
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Riesling : it s “Ree-sleeng” - the 1st ee long, the 2nd ee short!
I’m pretty sure that “lunch bags” is English, in the great tradition of the British willfully mispronouncing foreign (particularly French) terms.
(When I lived in London, I provoked laughter when I pronounced Beauchamp Place as the French would. It turns out it’s Beech-um to Londoners.)
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I’m glad no-one has asked how to pronounce La Pousse…
Can I have some paing with that ving ?
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