I. vin ‧ tage 1 /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
1 . vintage wine is good quality wine made in a particular year
2 . old, but high quality:
vintage cars
3 . showing all the best or most typical qualities of something:
a vintage performance from Bruce Springsteen
4 . vintage year
a) a year when a good quality wine was produced
b) a year when something of very good quality was produced
vintage year for
2001 was not a vintage year for movies.
II. vintage 2 BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: vendenge , from Latin vindemia , from vinum 'wine, grapes' + demere 'to take off' ]
1 . [countable] a particular year or place in which a wine is made, or the wine itself
2 . of recent vintage having happened or started not very long ago:
There are some classic songs on the album, but most are of more recent vintage.