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I'm not educated about wine, but certainly the same thing exists with scotch. There are a couple more descriptors that apply, for example honey, vanilla and fruity are scotch terms that can be understood in certain ways that are consistent (although the flavors they refer to don't exactly match what we think of as honey or vanilla in their more traditional forms). But definitely when they start using terms like "Notes of rubber spearmint leaves and gentle smoke with a hint of warm kippers" (which is how Master of Malt describes my favorite whisky), that's when my eyes start rolling.