Vintage
- For other uses, see vintage (disambiguation).
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Vintage near Sorrento, Italy, Jacob Philipp Hackert, c. 1784.
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The Vintagers, after a miniature of the "Dialogues de Saint Gregoire" (thirteenth century)—manuscript of the Royal Library of Brussels.
In wine-making, vintage is the process of picking the grapes and creating the finished product.
A vintage wine is one whose grapes were all grown in a single specified year, although common incorrect usage applies the term to any wine that is perceived to be particularly old or of a particularly high quality. However, in European countries only quality wine may carry a vintage designation. Many countries allow a vintage wine to include up to 5% wine not from the labeled vintage.
The opposite of a vintage wine is a nonvintage wine, which is usually a blend from the produce of two or more years.