pinots

Noun

pinot (countable and uncountable, plural pinots)

1. Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.
   • You see, the reason that this region is so good for pinot, is that the cold air off the Pacific flows in at night and it just cools down the berries. Pinot's a very thin-skinned grape. It doesn't like constant heat or humidity. Very delicate.2004, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Sideways, spoken by Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti)
2. (broadly) Any of several wines made from these grapes, in particular pinot noir.
   • How much funkiness makes a pinot taste desirably complex, and how much more really is too much? Is a pinot good if it does not taste more like fruit than stones?2004, John Winthrop Haeger, North American Pinot Noir, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 150