non-vintage
Not year-specific
Non-vintage describes wine or champagne blended from grapes harvested in multiple years, rather than from a single year's harvest.
Most champagne is non-vintage, allowing producers to maintain a consistent house style regardless of yearly variations: Their non-vintage brut is reliable and affordable.
The term sometimes appears on labels as "NV."
Combine into mixture
- house styleConsistent editorial conventions
- soleraFractional blending through stacked casks
- assemblageCollected group of things
- cuvéeSelected wine batch
consistency · NV · brut · prosecco · cava · sparkling · reserve · cellar
Copies of originals
- reissuesPublishes anew
- modernOf recent times
- contemporaryOf the present age
- mass-producedMade in large quantities
unlicensed · replica · imitation · common · standard · generic · unmarked · undated
Reputation commanding admiration
- toastingBrowning by heat
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- aperitifPre-meal alcoholic beverage
- fluteTube blown sideways
bubbles · dosage · disgorgement · riddling · magnum · coupe · effervescence · pop
blend
Combine into mixture
- house styleConsistent editorial conventions
- soleraFractional blending through stacked casks
- assemblageCollected group of things
cuvée · consistency · NV · brut · prosecco · cava · sparkling · reserve · cellar · winemaking
reproductions
Copies of originals
- reissuesPublishes anew
- modernOf recent times
- contemporaryOf the present age
mass-produced · unlicensed · replica · imitation · common · standard · generic · unmarked · undated · recent
prestige
Reputation commanding admiration
- toastingBrowning by heat
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- aperitifPre-meal alcoholic beverage
flute · bubbles · dosage · disgorgement · riddling · magnum · coupe · effervescence · pop · cork
- Champagneblanc de blancs, grand cru, champagne houses, Dom Perignon, Bollinger