vintage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   wine from a particular grape harvest, especially one identified by its year and region

   The cellar contained several exceptional vintages from Bordeaux.

2. 2
   noun

   the grape harvest or wine production of a particular season

   Heavy rain reduced the region's vintage that autumn.

From Middle English vendage, through Anglo-Norman and Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia, 'grape gathering,' formed from vinum ('wine') and a verb meaning 'take away.' The word shifted from the harvest itself to the wine produced in a given year.

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