pinot noir

1. 1.

   red wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Burgundy, France

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2. 2.

   dry red California table wine made from purple Pinot grapes

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Questions about pinot noir

What does pinot noir mean?

pinot noir means "red wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Burgundy, France". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is pinot noir a common word?

pinot noir is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.