Village of la Bachellerie

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 trade in Bordeaux wines, which he marketed as far afield 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.