vintage
noun /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/
/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/
- the wine that was produced in a particular year or place; the year in which it was produced
- the 1999 vintage
- 2005 was a particularly fine vintage.
- the youngest vintages of wines
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- great
- superb
- …
- vintage of
- [usually singular] the period or season of gathering grapes for making wine
- The vintage was later than usual.
Word Originlate Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).