Pinot noir
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- noun
- /ˈpiːnoʊ nwɑːr/
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Pinot noir
- Pinot Noir is the dominant grape grown in the Santa Lucia Highlands.
- Pinot noir grapes
- bottle of Pinot noir
- wine: Pinot noir
Second, you know, it's not wine, It's Pinot noir.
- Second, you know, it's not wine, It's Pinot noir.
Examples
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At the wine tasting event, they showcased several varieties of Pinot Noir from renowned vineyards.
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"Or your glass of Pinot Noir, sir, can you take it?"
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- They make a good Pinot Noir.
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- A good domestic Pinot Noir?
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What about a Pinot Noir, 1978?
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Pair prime rib with Pinot Noir for a memorable holiday feast.
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You know, I would probably point us to a beautiful Pinot Noir from Joseph Swan up in Sonoma County.
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With such an array of different flavors on the table, he suggests, "something light like a Pinot Noir will work with everything."
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The three wines are all quite different but possess the elegance and restraint expected from a Beaune-style Pinot Noir.
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Willamette Valley Vineyards, Elton Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2007.
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Synonyms
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An alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of grapes or other fruits
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Wine made from dark grapes with the skins left on during making
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A drink made from grapes, often red
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A grape variety used to make wines like Burgundy and Champagne
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Wine that often comes from France
A wine made mainly from one type of grape and labeled with the grape name
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Morphology
Pinot + noir
The phrase combines the grape-name 'Pinot' with the French adjective 'noir' (black), so a learner who knows both constituents can plausibly infer it refers to a dark‑skinned Pinot variety and therefore a red wine. However, it is a lexicalized proper name and a loan from French whose full cultural/geographic sense (specific grape/wine from Burgundy) is not fully predictable from the parts alone, so the transparency is only partial.
Etymology
Pinot noir is a French name that gives a simple picture: pinot may come from a word for a 'pine cone' because the grape bunches look like little cones, and noir means 'black' for the dark grapes. So the name came to mean both the grape and the red wine made from it.