Noun: Pinot Noir
| Singular | Pinot Noir |
| Plural | Pinots Noirs; Pinot Noirs |
Sample Sentences
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That's 100% pinot noir. Single vineyard. They don't even make it any more. [2004, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Sideways, spoken by Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti):]
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Vine-growers concentrate on wines which can be sold at high prices—such as Pinot Noir. [1992, Andrew Barr, Pinot Noir: Guides to Grape Varieties, Viking, page 50:]
Etymology
From French pinot noir (literally “black pine [cone]”); see pinot. See: French Nouns '
pinot noir'.