Pinot
Americannoun
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any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
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a red Pinot Noir or white Pinot Blanc wine made from this grape.
Etymology
Origin of Pinot
1910–15; < French, equivalent to pine pine cone + -ot noun suffix
Example Sentences
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Sancerre is one of France's most famous wine-making regions, located in the central Loire Valley, where its famously crisp whites are produced from 100 percent Sauvignon Blanc and its reds with Pinot Noir.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
When asked in 2018 by TV host Ellen DeGeneres what she would bring to a dinner party, she showed no hesitation in replying "white wine", before adding her preferences: "Sancerre, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc."
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
Recently she considered tropes associated with the Pinot Noir grape, described with surprising frequency as “sensitive” and “feminine”—words many wine writers have tossed around with impunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
The organization’s Chief Executive Angelica de Vere Mabray notes that the idea of transforming the estate — which specializes in single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay — took shape slowly.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
Your names are as before Roche and Pinot.
From The Light That Lures by Brebner, Percy James
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