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vintage wine [2 records]

Record 1 2008-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

[A wine] made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year.

OBS

In certain wines it can denote quality, as in Port wine, where Port houses make and declare "vintage" Port in their best years. From this tradition, a common, though incorrect, usage applies the term to any wine that is perceived to be particularly old or of a particularly high quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
CONT

Qu'est-ce qu'un vin millésimé ? Le millésime indique tout simplement l'année de la vendange et de l'élaboration du vin. Lorsqu'une année est inscrite sur l'étiquette d'une bouteille, il s'agit de l'année de vinification. Ce vin est alors millésimé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

Wine from a particularly good year (cf. WINAG, 1962, p. 844).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

Vin portant le numéro de l'année de vendange (une année particulièrement bonne).

Spanish

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