Casa de Mouraz, Dão (Portugal) 2015

 If you are not picking up a bottle of wine because it says Touriga Nacional, Baga, or another native Portuguese grape name you are not familiar with, you are making a big mistake as Portugal offers affordable diamonds in the rough.  Tinto Casa de Mouraz is a case in point.  The Mouraz is a blend of indigenous Dão varietals — Tinta-Roriz, Touriga-Nacional, Jaen, Alfrocheiro, Baga, Alvarelhão, Água-Santa and others — from the first biodynamic vineyard in Portugal.  This full-bodied, rich and concentrated gem is fruit-driven with ample flavors of cherry, currant,  blackberry, anise, with a lovely herbal backbone followed by a long and powerful finish.  This is a perfect food wine.