On Jul 8, 8:56*am, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> I shared a bottle of 2006 Silex yesterday at lunch with a friend. *We
> had a tasty grilled seafood salad and the wine was a good match. Very
> tight nose at first (the bottle was a bit too cold) but it opened up
> in a few minutes to show a fair amount of orange marmalade and lemon
> zest with a pronounced salty minerality. *Fairly lean at first on the
> palate with a fair amount of zingy acidity but it quickly fattened up
> a bit and there was a fair amount of lemon and grapefruit flavors with
> a slightly floral background and a lot of stones on the finish. *Nice
> "B+/A-"

I like Silex when I can afford it which isn't often and hard to find
around here. One of the best Sauvignon Blancs out there.