Silver Thread Vineyard 'Good Earth' Finger Lakes Red 2021 750ml Kentucky The wine base contributes acidity

The wine base contributes acidity alongside the botanicals — a Negroni built with Cappelletti runs distinctly drier than the standard Campari build

Lobster thermidor richness and cream meet the wine's chalk and brioche depth Caviar on blini the wine's salinity and autolytic complexity are built for this White truffle risotto 10-year lees aging bridges mushroom umami with subtle oak texture

The cooperative behind this wine was founded in 1931 by 98 growers who pooled resources during the Depression

It's hard to beat the location of this estate - across the road from Chateau Petrus

Silver Thread Vineyard 'Good Earth' Finger Lakes Red 2021 750ml Kentucky The wine base contributes acidityUSA : FINGER LAKES : SENECA LAKE SUSTAINABLE : Lemberger, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Regent MED BODIED, CHERRY, CRANBERRY, CLOVE, BLACK PEPPER, NEUTRAL OAK Silver Thread has farmed the eastern shore of Seneca Lake biointensively since Paul and Shannon Brock took over in 2011 a no till, low intervention approach that borrows from organic and biodynamic viticulture without leaning on either. The "Good Earth" name is their thesis in a bottle: soil health