Yarden/Golan Heights Winery, Golan Heights (Israel) 2009

 You’ll understand the proprietary name once you learn that this was made from Touriga Nacional and Tinta Cao, two of the Portuguese varieties from the Douro Valley.  Fruit recalling dried red cherries shows prominently, but the wine also displays savory qualities and a suggestion of cured meat and spices.  Complex and enduringly interesting.