The 2016 Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva is a versatile and food-friendly red to pair with grilled fennel sausage. The wine is packed tightly with bright and easy fruit tones, including wild cherry and myrtle berry. It does undergo some aging in large oak casks, and although you don't taste it per se, the wine has taken on slightly more volume and depth as a result.

Vibrant, fresh and fruity, the 2014 Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva is an extremely well-priced red to pair with Sardinian gnocchi (malloreddus) topped with sausage tomato and saffron. In truth, any other basic Italian pasta recipe will do just fine next to a wine of this wide versatility and easy appeal. The bouquet possesses a dark core of cherry and red currant. There is light spice and bramble at the back. A whopping 700,000 bottles are produced, so it should be easy to locate this wine.

A flagship wine from Sardinia, the 2010 Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva presents a very authentic portrait of the island's most celebrated red grape. There is austerity here and a sense of vinous earnestness that distinguishes the wine's unique personality. Instead of banal softness or richness, here you get firm lines and sharp contours with bright berry, spice, licorice and grilled herb. There should be some fat in your food pairing (cheese or pork belly) to counter the wine's rigid persona.

A frankly ridiculous value, the 2008 Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva is gorgeous. Firm tannins frame a core of expressive red cherries, tobacco, wild herbs and flowers. The 2008 impresses for its depth and sheer richness. It is a magnificent wine from Sella e Mosca. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2016. I always look forward to tasting the wines of Selle e Mosca, one of Sardinia’s most historic properties. These wines deliver terrific quality and tons of pure value. Importer: Palm Bay International, Boca Raton, FL; tel. (561) 362-964

The 2007 Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva is a pleasurable, up-front wine with good balance and character. Dried cherries, wild herbs and worn-in leather are some of the notes that flow from this forward Cannonau. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2014. Importer: Palm Bay International, Boca Raton, FL; tel. (561) 362-9642