I. ˈvin-tij noun
Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of vendage, from Anglo-French vendage, vendenge, from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take — more at wine , redeem
Date: 15th century
1.
a.
(1) : a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard
(2) : wine ; especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year
b. : a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop
2. : the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine
3.
a. : a period of origin or manufacture
a piano of 1845 vintage
b. : length of existence : age
II. adjective
Date: 1601
1. of wine : of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage
2. : of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : classic
3.
a. : dating from the past : old
b. : outmoded , old-fashioned
4. : of the best and most characteristic — used with a proper noun
vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedy — Time