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VARIETAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
Synonyms:
varietal; varietal wine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("varietal" is a kind of...):
vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))
Antonym:
generic (wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as 'vin rouge', 'vino rosso', 'rotwein', 'red wine', etc.), or by general class (as 'vin ordinaire', 'vin de table', 'vino da tavola', 'tafelwein', 'table wine', etc.))
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