Mostly Grenache and Mourvedre, typically with a little Tempranillo and Graciano added in, this is a pretty ruby-red color, with elegant aromas of bright cherry and earth. The Shake Ridge Ranch vineyard in Amador County is, in the words of...

Zorzal takes the Graciano grape to new heights with this inexpensive but outrageously delicious 35-year-old, organically-farmed vines in Spain's Navarra region (Rioja's overlooked neighbor). This is a generous, crowd-pleasing, and thirst-quenching red on the fuller side of medium-bodied. It is...