varietal

varietal
I. adjective Date: 1866 1. of, relating to, or characterizing a variety <
varietal names
>
; also being a variety in distinction from an individual or species 2. of, relating to, or producing a varietal II. noun Date: 1950 a wine bearing the name of the principal grape from which it is made

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  • Varietal — describes wines made primarily from a single named grape variety. [The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000.] winepros.com.au. Cite web|last= Oxford Companion to Wine | title= varietal |url=… …   Wikipedia

  • variétal — variétal, ale, aux [ varjetal, o ] adj. • 1914; de variété; cf. angl. varietal (1866) ♦ Didact. D une variété, en sciences. Caractères spécifiques (de l espèce) et caractères variétaux. ● variétal, variétale, variétaux adjectif Relatif à une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Varietal — Va*ri e*tal, a. Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species. [1913 Webster] Perplexed in determining what differences to consider as specific, and what as varietal …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Varietal — es, en enología, el vino elaborado con un solo tipo de uva o prácticamente solo con una. En la legislación de la Unión Europea se considera varietales a los vinos que contienen más del 80% de la uva principal, por ejemplo Cabernet Sauvignon,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • varietal — [və rī′ə təl] adj. 1. of, connected with, or characterizing a variety 2. constituting a distinct variety; specif., designating a wine that bears the name of the variety of grape from which it is made n. a varietal wine varietally adv …   English World dictionary

  • varietal — index different Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • varietal — varietál adj. m., pl. varietáli; f. sg. varietálă, pl. varietále Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic …   Dicționar Român

  • varietal — (adj.) 1866, a biologists word (first attested in Darwin), from VARIETY (Cf. variety). In ref. to wines, meaning made from a single variety of grape is first attested 1941, Amer.Eng. As a noun, in this sense, attested from 1955 …   Etymology dictionary

  • varietal — 1. adjective /vəˈraɪətəl/ a) Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism. b) Made from a single specific variety (especially of grapes in wine). 2. noun /vəˈraɪətəl/ a) A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, wh …   Wiktionary

  • varietal — varietally, adv. /veuh ruy i tl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, designating, or characteristic of a variety. 2. constituting a variety. 3. (in U.S. winemaking) designating a wine made entirely or chiefly from one variety of grape. n. 4. a varietal… …   Universalium

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