Wet wool? Lead pencil shavings? Really?

I'm not sure which is more odd - that descriptions of wines can include such flavors as wet wool or lead pencil shavings, or that those flavors actually work? I really would like to try a wine with notes of lead pencil shavings, just for the curiosity factor, except that description was for a very expensive wine ($100+) that I won't be trying any time soon. 

The wet wool is in a description of a wine that I have been enjoying over the last few days. It's one of the wines that I picked up on a whim not too long ago, based on the fact that a) it's South African, and I have yet to try a South African wine I didn't like, and b) the description included a note that there is an undercurrent of lychees, which I find intriguing,

The wine is lovely. I used to shy away from white wines but have lately been expanding my palate. I definitely taste a light citrus note as well as the promised lychees, though the wine is not overly sweet. It's crisp and refreshing. I do not, however, notice the taste of wet wool that is noticed in a review I found of this wine: http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1125940

What's really interesting is that the same source that notes the wet wool taste also mentions a taste of lanolin, which 

is a substance naturally produced by sheep, who of course also produce the aforementioned

 wool. I wonder if the reviewer realizes this and also how he could possibly know what lanolin tastes like!