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String along with a top tasting pinot perhaps (5)

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I believe the answer is:

twine

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'string' is the definition.
(I know that string can be written as twine)

'along with a top tasting pinot perhaps' is the wordplay.
'along with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a' becomes 'one'.
'top' means to remove the first letter.
'tasting pinot perhaps' becomes 'twi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'one' with its initial letter taken away is 'ne'.
'ne' put after 'twi' is 'TWINE'.

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(Other definitions for twine that I've seen before include "wind" , "Curl; string" , "Tough string" , "Interweave" , "Garden string" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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