nonvintage

English

Alternative forms

• non-vintage

Etymology

From non- +‎ vintage.

Adjective

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

nonvintage (plural nonvintages)

1. A wine that is not a vintage wine.