VARIETAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does varietal mean? 

• VARIETAL (noun)
  The noun VARIETAL has 1 sense:

1. a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape

  Familiarity information: VARIETAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VARIETAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

varietal; varietal wine

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.))