Dictionary vintageWine harvest

noun

vintage

A particular year's grape harvest and the wine made from it.

The vineyard celebrates an unusually abundant vintage.

Etymology

vintageFrenchgrape harvest

The French source names the grape harvest. English applies it both to a particular year's crop and to the wine produced from it.

More examples

We tasted wines from three vintages.
Rain damaged that year's vintage.
The label identifies the wine's vintage.

Forms

vintage · vintages

Similar words

harvest: Harvest is broader than grapes and resulting wine.
year: Year gives a date without identifying the wine crop.