"cuvée" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kuˈveɪ/ Forms: cuvées [plural]
Etymology: From French cuvée, from cuve (“vat, tank”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cuvée}} French cuvée, {{m|fr|cuve||vat, tank}} cuve (“vat, tank”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuvée (plural cuvées)
  1. Wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties.
    Sense id: en-cuvée-en-noun-0rC2dHlf
  2. (especially of champagne) The first (and highest quality) grape juice to be produced, from a given batch of gently pressed grapes. Tags: especially
    Sense id: en-cuvée-en-noun-Y6JF-wD- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cuvee

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