what means the word "vintage"?

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vin·tage (vĭn'tĭj)
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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, alteration (influenced by viniter, vintner), of Old French vendange, from Latin vīndēmia, vīnum, grapes, + dēmere, to take off (dē, de-) (emere, to obtain; see em-).]

noun
The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, usually of high quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
The year or place in which a wine is bottled.

The harvesting of a grape crop.
The initial stages of winemaking.
Informal
A group or collection of people or things sharing certain characteristics.
A year or period of origin: a car of 1942 vintage.
Length of existence; age.
adjective
Of or relating to a vintage.
Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.
Old or outmoded.

Of the best: played songs that were vintage Cole Porter.
Of the most distinctive: “Fatalism has coexisted with vintage American overconfidence” (Thomas Oliphant)

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