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Drink containing old grape (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pinot

'grape' is the definition.
(I know that Pinot is a type of Vitis vinifera)

'drink containing old' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'pint' (pint is a unit of liquid volume).
'containing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation as in OT - Old Testament).
'pint' placed around 'o' is 'PINOT'.

(Other definitions for pinot that I've seen before include "Wine-making grape" , "drink" , "Kind of wine grape" , "Variety of grape used for Burgundies and champagnes" , "Variety of wine grape" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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