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millésime
This term is a loanword from French and carries a high-prestige, connoisseur's connotation. While "vintage" is the standard English term for the year a wine was produced, "millésime" is used specifically in professional oenology or luxury contexts to emphasize the prestige, rarity, and specific quality of a particular harvest year.
In practical usage, it functions as a technical designation. It is rarely used in casual conversation and is typically reserved for wine lists, tasting notes, or discussions among experts to distinguish a superior year from a standard production.
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The year in which a particular wine was produced, especially one of high quality.
This 1982 millésime is considered one of the finest of the decade.