Here's another terrific value buy from Di Majo Norante. The 2014 Molise Rosso Ramitello (with 100,000 bottles made) is a blend of 85% Montepulciano and 15% Aglianico aged in neutral oak for up to 12 months. This wine delivers lots of black fruit, tar, spice and tobacco. The intensity of the wine is very good despite the difficult vintage. This is a mid-weight red with rich fiber and density at the back.

Light, creamy tannins frame this open-knit, medium-bodied red, which offers notes of pureed black cherry and star anise, with hints of mocha and smoke. Drink now through 2020.