Today we take a break from legal and business posts to consider a riddle:

What comes from Spain, is all freshness and light, has gorgeous floral topnotes of orange blossom floating above a core of tangerine and guava, is nervy and bold, has a muscular texture, has pear and quince notes mingled with brioche, chamomile and dried pineapple details?

Need more clues?  There is also a juicy acidity, light tannins, subtle hints of a lifted floral component, a voluptuous mouth-feel reminiscence of tropical fruit.  More?  How about grapefruit, a touch of white pepper (whatever that tastes like which is different from black pepper) and toast?

By now my astute followers will recognize it is a wine, on offer at a mere $195 for a whole case from my personal wine shopper.  Cheap stuff.

I am sure that the above list of attributes was composed by taking a large dictionary and stringing together every 14,237th word.

My understanding further is that if the wine were more expensive, they would take every 8,183rd word.

And by that standard– well, let me see. I once drank a magnum of 1929 Chateau Lafite.  It’s description from the wine merchant was indeed attached but I did not recognize it as that.  I recall, rather, asking my partner why an entire 20-volume set of the Oxford Dictionary of English Usage was delivered along with the decanter of wine.

I have just figured it out, and felt compelled to share with group.  Bottoms up.