What is a Pinot Noir?

Answer 1

Pinot NoirPinot noir is made from the Pinot Noir grape, which is a red wine grape. Noir is the French word for black. Pinot noir grapes appear to be neither black nor red but are rather purplish, and it is their skin that gives the wine its colour.

A white or blush wine can be made from Pinot Noir grapes by removing the grape skins from the juice to produce what is called a 'blanc de noirs' (a white wine from red wine grapes). The larger the grape used the whiter the wine, due to the increased juice to skin ratio.

However, nearly all the wines made from the Pinot Noir grape are red wines.

Pinot Noir is a red wine, like all red grapes in can be used to make white wine, this is however really only done in Champagne with pinot noir and pinot meunier. If the bottle is labelled Pinot Noir it is going to be red, unless some maverick producer is making white, but this wouldn;t be of great quality and should be avoided!

Answer 2

It means black Pinot (a variety of grape).

Answer 3

Pinot noir is a variety of grapes, so it is made from that grape.

Answer 4

A red wine, the name is from the french words pine and black. It comes from the wine species Vitis vinifera.

Answer 5

Pinot noir is a popular and french black wine grape. It is used for more than 2000 years.It is very special from other wines because it is difficult to cultivate and make it to wine.