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WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Saina » Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:28 pm

2011 Wild Horse Pinot Noir Unbridled Santa Barbara County - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County (4/22/2014)
Californian Pinot can really stirrup one's emotions. There are some really good ones (Arcadian!); and then you have this kind that makes me wish I'd had a Palomino Sherry in my glass instead. But sometimes one needs to approach wines with equineimity.

For horse d'œuvres I had some lightly smoked common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) which isn't exactly Pinot food. But the mane course was something vaguely resembling bœuf bourguignon. It might seem a bit lame making such an unimaginative food for Pinot, but hay, it's tasty!

This wine, however, wasn't so great with the food - or on its own. But it wasn't the stuff that night-mares are made of. It just was a bit oaky and ripe and though I don't want to be a neigh-sayer it just isn't my preferred style. But if you mustang out with filly-stines who like big, bold, in-your-face wines, this isn't a bad choice for them.

(And I do apologise: I'm so saddle try to make a pun out of anything. Tim Vine is the rein-ing king of puns. And judging by these, his position is stable.)
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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by JC (NC) » Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:38 pm

Kudos to Otto for being able to pun so nimbly in what I presume is not his native language. If you are going to horse around, you might as well trot out the best.
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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Howie Hart » Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:50 pm

Otto wrote:(And I do apologise: I'm so saddle try to make a pun out of anything. Tim Vine is the rein-ing king of puns. And judging by these, his position is stable.)
Otto - you're stalling. How much did you have to pony up for this pinto noir?
Chico - Hey! This Bottle is empty!
Groucho - That's because it's dry Champagne.
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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Saina » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:00 pm

JC (NC) wrote:Kudos to Otto for being able to pun so nimbly in what I presume is not his native language.


The shameful thing is that English is kind of a native language, too. So there's no excuse for such crappy puns. But perhaps both the wine and I lack breeding.
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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Lou Kessler » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:26 pm

Otto wrote:
JC (NC) wrote:Kudos to Otto for being able to pun so nimbly in what I presume is not his native language.


The shameful thing is that English is kind of a native language, too. So there's no excuse for such crappy puns. But perhaps both the wine and I lack breeding.

Oh in that case someone should reign you in.
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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Patrick Martin » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:33 pm

Puns are clearly the mane attraction of this thread. Whoa, I thought, puns are usually for other chaps, but today I figured, what the hay, let's see what I too can stirrup.
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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Steve Slatcher » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:19 am

It ill behooves you, Otto, to pun like this.
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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Victorwine » Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:33 pm

Let’s stop horsing around, tell us what you really thought of the wine. :D

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Re: WTN: Wild Horse Unbridled Pinot Noir

by Doug Surplus » Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:58 pm

I can't, er, take all these puns so I'm just gonna giddy-up outta here!
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