The village of Mongie

Beautiful wine merchant's house on your right. It was in the village of Laval, located in Davignac, that Jean Gaye-Bordas, known as the father of the wine trade, was born in 1826. He started as a simple peddler of umbrellas and kerosene lamps in the north of France. He then developed a trade in Bordeaux wines, which he marketed as far away as Wallonia. And this is how a generation of Corrézians experienced a degree of success that even allowed some to buy back vineyards in Bordeaux.