vintage

n. 1 a season's produce of grapes. B wine from this. 2 a gathering of grapes for wine-making. B season of this. 3 wine of high quality from a particular year and district. 4 a year etc. When a thing was made etc. B thing made etc. In a particular year etc. adj. 1 of high or peak quality. 2 of a past season. [latin vinum wine]

n. The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.