Pinot Grape
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Pinot (pronounced ) is a
Burgundian Burgundian can refer to any of the following: *Someone or something from Burgundy. *Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe, who first appear in history in South East Europe. Later Burgundians colonised the area of Gaul that is now known as Burgundy (F ...
grape family.


Wine grape varieties in the Pinot family

* Pinot blanc (Pinot bianco, Weißburgunder) * Pinot gris (Pinot grigio, Grauburgunder) * Pinot Meunier (Schwarzriesling) *
Pinot noir Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...
(Spätburgunder, Pinot nero) * Pinot Noir Précoce (Frühburgunder)


Biochemistry

Red-berried Pinot vines are known to not synthesize
acetylated : In organic chemistry, acetylation is an organic esterification reaction with acetic acid. It introduces an acetyl group into a chemical compound. Such compounds are termed ''acetate esters'' or simply ''acetates''. Deacetylation is the opposi ...
or para-coumaroylated anthocyanins, as other grape varieties do, only glucosylated anthocyanins."Biosynthesis of Anthocyanins and Their Regulation in Colored Grapes". Fei He, Lin Mu, Guo-Liang Yan, Na-Na Liang, Qiu-Hong Pan, Jun Wang, Malcolm J. Reeves and Chang-Qing Duan, ''Molecules'', 2010, 15, pages 9057-9091,


See also

* Terret (grape), a grape vine like Pinot that has mutated into several sub-varieties


References

{{Reflist Grape varieties cs:Pinot es:Pinot nl:Pinot pt:Pinot sl:Pinot de:Burgunder_(Wein)