n.
- the year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced.
▸a wine of high quality made from the crop of a single identified district in a good year.
▸the harvesting of grapes for winemaking.
▸the grapes or wine of a particular season.
- the time that something was produced.
adj.
- referring to high-quality wine.
- denoting something from the past of high quality:
a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure.
Etymology
ME: alt. (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from OFr. vendange, from L. vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).