Brambly

A term like "brambly," is an example of wine dialect that may have the most meaning among wine writers of British descent who have tried to pick blackberries in hedgerows and found that the only ones the birds hadn't eaten already were under-ripe and a little woody in flavor. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It became even more interesting when people started to question the use of the term "brambly" in describing wine and labeled it "jargon." ❋ Unknown (2008)

He motions across the brambly yard to the aqua-blue tank that looms like a spindly-legged giant or a flying saucer just readying for flight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Two decrepit beech trees still stand on the rim of the brambly circle on the hill above steep woods by Vernigo. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Tuesday evening the fourth-floor "grand ballroom" fills with tweed and tie-dye, elbow patches and men's scarfery, lady berets and union patches and brambly ponytails. ❋ Dan Zak (2010)

The current releases of the Maison Shaps et Roucher-Sarrazin wines feature an effusive, brambly Pinot Noir de Bourgogne 2008 ($19) that should fly off retail shelves and be prominent on by-the-glass wine lists. ❋ Dave McIntyre (2010)

Or try the big, brambly Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Douro (£7.52; 14% abv) from the same range. ❋ Fiona Beckett (2010)

B was a bit dubious about climbing along the brambly paths to the top of the mound, but quite enjoyed running back down the side to the field below. ❋ Nwhyte (2010)

Just beyond the tree line, dozens of rusted barrels poke through brambly undergrowth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first time I drove out of phoenix I was stunned by two things: the oppressive heat, and how quickly the city ended and the desert, with its saguaro cacti and brambly creosote, began. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I love the comfortingly brambly Pietraluna Negroamaro 2009, from Salento, southern Italy (£6.99; 13% abv), which would be great with lasagne and other hearty pasta bakes, and Boas Vinhas Dao 2008 (£7.99; 13% abv), an elegant, modern Portuguese red to drink with goose or game. ❋ Fiona Beckett (2010)

Nothing is that simple in the brambly world of defense procurement, a thicket of regulations, bureaucracy, and politics where no path leads in a straight line. ❋ Richard Whittle (2010)

The punnet of blackberries was best treated to a blast in a hot oven with some garden lavender sugar and a split vanilla pod; removed when the fruit started to run and doused with double cream: then roasted an additional five minutes, the cream bubbling up like lava around the fruit, creating a wonderful marble of rich brambly and Jersey yellow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With plenty of dark, brambly fruit, this is red Burgundy at its lushest and most tempting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He vaults across a brambly ditch, tunnels through a thick broomsedge tangle where old stone chimneys stand in the thickets, then hits a 30-acre field. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Comment: [I can’t] [believe it]. Matt was hanging out with us last week watching football, and now all he can think about are these tiny Asian boys. Response: I know man, he’s [brambling]. ❋ JShots (2019)

(1) I [brambled] in the first goal after the defender [bumped into] Jean-Alain [Boumsong] and fell over. (2) Someone call the police! I've just been brambled. ❋ Meliquiades (2010)

The [bramble] has colonised the waste ground providing [nature's] [nursery] from which new trees can seed and grow into beautiful woodland habitat, benefiting many systems of existence. ❋ Fkmonsta (2010)

I just [shaved] and my brambles are [itching], i need to [free ball it] for a week. ❋ Jonn Stewart (2009)

[Dude], [that guy's] a bramble ❋ Steinbeck (2005)

"Hey Adam, can you cut my [bramble]? That worthless excuse for a [hairstylist], Jodi forgot to [line me up]. ...Ohh yeah, take a seat on that that toilet, bro" ❋ Itsmeetrain (2009)

[That dude] is a bramble. ❋ Steinbeck (2005)

"Why are you [behaving] so Bramble all of a sudden??? " "Bro, stop [Brambling]" "That weed [Brambled] the fuck out of me" ❋ Lolmania (2014)

[Greetings] Mr. Bramble, [my lord] and [savior] ❋ OmniPresident (2018)

Simple [remark] bramble may [ramble on] [indefinitely], definitely! ❋ Hercolena Oliver (2009)