Pinot blanc

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A white grape that grows in places like France and California and the dry white wine from that grape

noun
/ˈpiːnoʊ blɑːŋk/

: Pinot blanco

I recommend pairing your seafood dish with a chilled bottle of Pinot blanc.

Examples

There are beginning anglers and very experienced ones; Oregon has come a long way, and many people have fallen in love with Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc, causing Chardonnay to perhaps turn red with anger.

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The restaurant offered a lovely selection of Pinot blanc to accompany dinner.
Many wine enthusiasts enjoy tasting a crisp Pinot blanc on a warm afternoon.

Synonyms

white wine

vsPinot blanc

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An alcoholic pale yellow drink made from grapes

is a specific grape variety and the dry wine made from it

How Dry

dry

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Pinot blanc

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unsweet

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sweet

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Surface Forms

Pinot blanc singular

Pinot blancs plural

Morphology

Pinot + blanc

This is a compositional wine name: 'Pinot' names the grape variety and 'blanc' (French for 'white') specifies the color/variant, so a learner who knows both constituents can derive it refers to a white Pinot grape/wine. The pattern (grape name + color) is regular in wine terminology (e.g., Pinot noir, Pinot gris) and cross-linguistically transparent, so the meaning is predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Pinot blanc comes from French: the word Pinot may come from a word for a 'pine cone' because the grape bunch looks like one, and blanc means 'white'. That's why Pinot blanc is the name for a white grape and for the white wine made from it.