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   vintage

   /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. the year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced: "1982 is one of the best vintages of the century" Similar year
   • ▪ a wine of high quality made from the crop of a single identified district in a good year.
   • ▪ wine. literary
   • ▪ the harvesting of grapes for winemaking: "the work songs of the scything and the vintage"
   • ▪ the grapes or wine produced in a particular season: "they have released the 1988 vintage of their best-selling red wine" Similar grape harvestgrape gatheringgrape cropharvestcropyieldyear's growth
   • 2. the time that something of quality was produced: "rifles of various sizes and vintages" Similar perioderaepochtimeorigingenrestylekindsorttypecaststampschoolilk

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting wine of high quality: "vintage claret" Similar high-qualityqualityprimechoiceselectsuperiorbest
   • 2. denoting something from the past of high quality, especially something representing the best of its kind: "a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure" Similar high-qualityqualityprimechoiceselectsuperiorbestclassicagelesstimelessenduringoldantiqueveteranheritagehistoricold-worldage-old

   Word Origin late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).

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