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To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (1132)	6/25/2010 10:49:44 PM
From: FiloF	Respond to of 1277

I'll be honest here: Based on the edited description...8. Including the loaded compound word...5.

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (1132)	6/26/2010 1:13:11 AM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

Edited or otherwise, it seemed like one of those effusive descriptions which I find largely meaningless, whatever they say. I suppose I'd be more inclined to try it than a review that talked about the wine tasting like cat piss, but that's about it.

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (1132)	6/26/2010 1:13:12 AM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1277

Edited or otherwise, it seemed like one of those effusive descriptions which I find largely meaningless, whatever they say. I suppose I'd be more inclined to try it than a review that talked about the wine tasting like cat piss, but that's about it.

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (1132)	6/26/2010 6:57:11 AM
From: MoneyPenny	Respond to of 1277

4 maybe, but it is meant to appeal to non-winos. I think it is more appealingly descriptive than Jancis' sweatsocks descriptor or my favorite: merde.

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (1132)	6/28/2010 2:40:37 PM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1277

Hard to say how I'd like the wine, but I am curious to try it based on the review. Wine Advocate is fairly well respected, although I understand many don't care for Parker or his style. If it was the winemaker who wrote this, I'd have passed on it. But the fact that Parker felt compelled to interrupt his Napa review to say this about a Gallo product made it interesting to me. As for specific adjectives, I've often wondered about how reviewers make distinctions between similar wines using just words. And even more curious how they come up with certain tastes, some of which don't sound very appealing, like "pencil lead" and "leather"