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vintage

n. C / U
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈvɪntɪdʒ// UK //vˈɪntɪdʒ// vin·tage

n. the year or place that a wine was made. It can also mean a group of things that were all made in the same high-quality year.

n. the year or place in which wine was produced, or the wine itself from a specific harvest. By extension, it refers to a period of origin or manufacture for high-quality goods.


SIMPLE

This wine is from a very good vintage.

CONTEXTUAL

The collector spent years searching for a rare 1945 vintage to complete his cellar.

COMPLEX

While the 2018 vintage was characterized by an unusually dry summer, the resulting grapes produced a wine of remarkable depth and structural complexity.

Origin

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“take”).

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