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vintage wine

American  

noun

  1. a wine, usually of superior quality, made from selected grapes of a certain type, region, and year, then dated and usually stored for aging.


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It’s not like wine; something else happens, different from the interaction of oxygen and fermented grape juice across the decades that makes vintage wine so sought-after.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022

Like a vintage wine, it can take years to become a diva.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2017

There is also furniture and even a couple of bottles of vintage wine.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014

Photograph: Larry Neumeister/AP A jury has awarded the Florida billionaire Bill Koch $12m in his long-running dispute over phony vintage wine.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013

The headwaiter approached bearing another magnum of vintage wine.

From Medal of Honor by Bernklau

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