Blend

Last night's wine: C

We had a $20 (reg $25) bottle of 2006 (way too young) Blackstone Rubric Reserve from Sonoma. It was a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, cabernet franc, petite syrah and tannat. I usually love blends of cabs and syrahs but this was just ok. Not very good with the lamb chops we had for dinner. Decent by itself (considering the price and vintage) and pretty good with dark chocolate (but it's hard to go wrong pairing red wine with chocolate). We should have listened to the adage: Drink no wine before its time. It needed to sit. The plum fruit was just starting to come out. I'd try it again in a year.