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‖ cuvée|kyve|
[Fr., lit. ‘vatful’ (cuve, see cuve).]
The contents of a vat of wine; a particular blend or batch of wine.
1833C. Redding Mod. Wines iv. 68 Cuvée, the contents either of a cellar or vat at the vintage. 188319th Cent. Sept. (Advt.) (Stanford), Perrier Jouet's..Extra Dry [Champagne] Reserved Cuvee. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 724/1 These vattings, and indeed all blendings of any particular batch of wines, are termed cuvées. 1920G. Saintsbury Notes Cellar-Bk. vi. 99 Some of the great shippers used to send out wines cheaper than their official cuvées. 1939E. Ambler Mask of Dimitrios xiv. 301 The wine must be champagne..it must be a vintage cuvée. 1968Vogue Dec. 40/2 Even the great Cuvée could not wash away the lump in my throat. |