varietal
adjectiveOf, indicating, or characterizing a variety, especially a biological variety.
nounA wine made principally from one variety of grape and carrying the name of that grape.
In petrography, in the quantitative classification of igneous rocks (see
In biology, having the character of a zoölogical or botanical variety; subspecific, or of the character of a subspecies; racial, with reference to geographical variation; of or pertaining to varieties: variational: as, varietal characters; varietal differences or distinctions. See
Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.
adjectivePertaining to a distinct
Made from a single specific
A
By extension, a
a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape