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nonvintage

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English

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Alternative forms

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  • non-vintage

Etymology

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From non- +‎ vintage.

Adjective

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nonvintage (not comparable)

  1. Not vintage: recent
    We carry both vintage and nonvintage albums.
  2. (wine) Not a vintage wine: not made from grapes harvested during a single year
    • 2009 January 18, Howard G. Goldberg, “The Brief Life of a Charmer”, in New York Times[1]:
      Hidalgo’s nonvintage La Gitana manzanilla, a favorite aperitif in Spain, is so delicate that an opened 500-milliliter bottle stays zippy only two days when refrigerated.
    • 2012, Dylan Jones, Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man:
      And after a manhug, hearty congratulations and two hastily poured glasses of decidedly nonvintage champagne, he said, without a hint of irony, 'Why?'

Noun

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nonvintage (plural nonvintages)

  1. A wine that is not a vintage wine.