Two Histories Become One!

The Côtes du Marmandais appellation has a very distinctive feature: it is cut in two by the Garonne River, with its vineyards stretching out along the hillsides above the left and right banks. The bottom of the valley is a zone without vines separating the two winegrowing areas. For decades, the history of the two sides of the valley was written separately.
On the right bank, close to the town of Marmande, the winegrowers naturally had close links with the town and its history, choosing its cloister as their emblem to be featured on their Cuvées.

On the left bank, the growers organised themselves around the winery in Cocumont and its now-legendary Romanesque church. Cocumont - a strange name and a strange story explained briefly in the following lines.
Some wise Benedictine monks on their way from Conques stopped here on hearing the call of a cuckoo. Whether the sign was of divine origin or brought on by wine, nobody knows, but they decided to build a church on this spot and plant vines. The place was named Coculo Monté : Cuckoo's Mount! History or legend? One thing is sure; the 11th-century church is still there today!

This little chapel was to become the signature of the growers of the Cocumont Winery, featured systematically on bottles, capsules and labels.

Origine Marmandais unites the winegrowers!

It was to be many, many years before the winegrowers decided to join the forces of Beaupuy and Cocumont in an almost-unanimous vote to merge the two wineries, giving birth to Origine Cave du Marmandais. Now united, the growers sign their produce today with a visual combining the arches of the cloister of Marmande with the bell-tower of the chapel in Cocumont. This symbol guarantees the Origin of our Côtes du Marmandais AOC wines.