Pomerol

noun

Po·​me·​rol

¦pȯmə¦rȯl

plural -s

: a dry red Bordeaux wine made chiefly from the merlot grape

Word History

Etymology

French, from Pomerol, commune in southwest France

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

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