Domaine Lapilli

Géraud & Elsa are behind Domaine Lapilli in Puy-de-Dôme south of Clermont-Ferrand. The couple has impressed us immensely with their extremely well-made, pure and elegant wines from their very first 2023 vintage.

The couple owns 5 hectares of 15-60-year-old vines with Pinot Noir, Gamay and Chardonnay on three extinct volcanoes. They produce single-vineyard wines using a hands-off approach to allow the different terroirs to be expressed in the best possible way. Lapilli is also a reference to the area’s soil and the name of the volcanic ash that is emitted during a volcanic eruption.

Géraud & Elsa work by hand in an extremely careful manner with the grapes without unnecessary intervention in the cellar resulting in these very personal volcanic wines.