vintages
Classified wine harvests
Vintages are years in which wine was produced, or the wines themselves from particular years: The 1982 and 1990 vintages are legendary in Bordeaux.
The plural emphasizes comparison across years or a collection spanning multiple harvests.
Wine collectors speak of acquiring several vintages of the same château.
Extended to other products with year-based distinction: classic car vintages, guitar vintages from the 1950s.
Clustered vine fruit
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- sommelierTrained wine service professional
- tanninsAstringent plant compounds
- bouquetArranged cluster of blooms
varietal · chardonnay · merlot · cabernet · pinot · fermentation · winery · cellar
Time not long past
- memoriesStored past experiences
- bygoneOf earlier times
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
sentimentality · keepsake · memento · retrospective · heyday · era · epoch · period
Old valued collectible
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
legendary · collectible · rare · sought-after · prized · exceptional · memorable · distinguished
grapes
Clustered vine fruit
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- sommelierTrained wine service professional
- tanninsAstringent plant compounds
bouquet · varietal · chardonnay · merlot · cabernet · pinot · fermentation · winery · cellar · barrel
yesteryear
Time not long past
reminiscence · sentimentality · keepsake · memento · retrospective · heyday · era · epoch · period · throwback
antique
Old valued collectible
iconic · legendary · collectible · rare · sought-after · prized · exceptional · memorable · distinguished · storied
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
seasonal · bounty · yield · ripeness · weather · conditions · frost · drought · sunshine · rainfall
- winered wine, white wine, cabernet, chardonnay, merlot
- wine barwine glass, wine glasses, wine list, wine tasting, by the glass
- desirablesmust-haves, essentials, favorites, picks, finds
- Alcohol Makingbrewing, distilling, winemaking, fermenters, distillery
- wine tradewine merchants, wine shops, wine auctions, wine trade
- Barossa Valleywineries, cellar doors, wine tasting, Rockford, old vines
- vintage toysOld playthings, now collectible
- vintage radioOld broadcast-receiving device
- vintage carsOld collectible automobiles
- vintage mapsOld cartographic documents
- vintage wineAged fermented grape beverage
- vintage clothingPre-owned older garments