Yura L'Abeille et Le Papillon Pinot Blanc 2023

Yura L'Abeille et Le Papillon Pinot Blanc 2023

Jintaro Yura
$49.00

Grape: Pinot Blanc
Vintage: 2023
Type: White

This white wine is an artisanal blend of eighty percent pinot blanc and twenty percent auxerrois from Alsace. Winemaker Jintaro Yura avoids late harvesting to preserve a profile focused strictly on purity and high natural acidity. The hand-picked grapes are fermented spontaneously with native wild yeasts using a precise three-part cellar division. The liquid matures split equally between stainless steel tanks, new demi-muids, and one-year-old demi-muids to balance structure and freshness.

It displays a pale straw hue, releasing delicate aromatics of stone fruit, white blossoms, and mild kitchen spice. On the palate, the medium-bodied frame is broad, round, and silky, delivering a pleasant acidity across the tongue. Clean flavors of fresh pear fold smoothly into a distinct undercurrent of crushed rock minerality. The varied container maturation provides an understated structural cushion that frames the mid-palate cleanly. It finishes long, dry, and elegant.

Jintaro Yura brings a distinctly Japanese sense of precision and restraint to Alsace. Born in Tokyo to a family connected to French restaurants, he first worked as a sommelier before studying wine and training in New Zealand, Burgundy, Japan and Alsace. After time with important organic and biodynamic estates including Josmeyer and Hurst, he launched his own small Domaine Yura project in 2020. Working with organically farmed fruit and modest quantities, he uses native yeasts, minimal additions and a mix of vessels to craft Pinot Blanc, Riesling and Pinot Noir that emphasize purity, texture, umami and quiet balance.