ˈmämzē noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Middle English malmesey, from Medieval Latin Malmasia Monemvasia, town off the coast of the southeastern Peloponnesus, Greece
1. : a sweet aromatic wine made from the malvasia grape and produced originally around the town of Monemvasia and later elsewhere throughout the Mediterranean and in the Canary and Madeira islands
2. : the sweetest variety of Madeira wine