Nonvintage: Blended from more than one vintage. This allows the vintner to keep a house style from year to year. Many Champagnes and sparkling wines are nonvintage. Also, Sherry and the nonvintage Ports, the tawnies and the rubies.
NONVINTAGE: A wine blended from more than one vintage. Common is Champagnes, sparkling wines, sherry and posts such as nonvintage Ports, tawnies and rubies.
NOSE: The aroma or bouquet.
Only Nonvintage and Méthode Champenoise Will Do
A couple of points to use as guidelines to pick your Champagne. First, it will be improbable to find vintage Champagne for less than $25.
Its two top wines are the vintage Unico, with the current release of 1999, and the nonvintage Unico Reserva Especial, blending wines of three different vintages from the 1990s. The Web site wine-searcher.
The opposite of a vintage wine is a nonvintage wine, which is usually a blend from the produce of two or more years. This is a common practice for winemakers seeking a consistent style of wine, year after year.
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