NOUN
- dry red California table wine made from purple Pinot grapes
- red wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Burgundy, France
How To Use Pinot noir In A Sentence
- The resulting alchemy, about an 80/20 ratio of corn to barley, is then aged in barrels that have housed French pinot noir and American whiskey, as well as new unused barrels. Tony Sachs: When the Leaves Turn Brown, So Does the Booze: Three New Whiskeys for Autumn
- While it does not gain the respect that its sister to the North has claimed, the finest Gamays from select appellations in Beaujolais have been known to age to perfection, resembling fine Pinot Noir.
- The problem with Pinot Noir is that it teases winemakers with greatness.
- Its aim is to expose the 'glitterati' of the wine world to the best of our Pinot Noir within an event environment that combines fine wine with fine cuisine and kiwi entertainment. ScreenTalk
- Burgundy's pinot noir is regularly drunk with game birds, wild fowl and boar.
- It also set a standard by which I subconsciously measure all burgundies and Pinot Noirs.
- Other varieties enjoying modish popularity in the late 1990s were Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, and some which have origins in the Rhône; Syrah and Viognier are foremost.
- One of the genetic "parents" of Zweigelt is St. Laurent, a grape that's thought to be a descendant of Pinot Noir. Saying Goodbye to Pinot Noir—for a While
- Also, they all make a startlingly fine Pinot Noir, a wine that often features a combination of California racy fruit with Burgundian earth tones.
- Yet the wily Pinot Noir grape is best suited to cooler, less sunny climes.
