variants
or less commonly cuvee
1
: bulk wine
especially
: wine in casks or vats so blended as to ensure uniformity and marketability
2
: a blend of still wines used in the production of champagne
Examples of cuvée in a Sentence
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The cuvee is available in Michigan, but the Pollocks, who split their time between Miami and Michigan, are still seeking a distributor in Florida.
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Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Such a transformation can be found in the wines of Roberto Di Meo, whose ‘Alessandra’ cuvee is always fresh and exciting a decade on from the vintage.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
While even the most famous Brunello di Montalcino wines are cuvees from a variety of estate vineyards, one producer in the region, Cortonesi, focuses entirely on single vineyard expressions of both Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
This focus on long-term vision and creativity was also apparent in the birth of the Cristal Champagne brand in 1876, when Tsar Alexander II of Russia approached the House of Roederer (his favorite Champagne at the time) and asked them to craft a special cuvee just for him.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Champagne might feel like a pre-dinner libation, but the crisp taste of a brut cuvee deserves a spot at the table too.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2022
The wine tends to be the most quintessentially Napa of any Bond cuvee: Its 2019 edition tastes monumental and imposing, with powerful blackberry and black currant flavors, a hint of graphite and an intriguing earthiness.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
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Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Such a transformation can be found in the wines of Roberto Di Meo, whose ‘Alessandra’ cuvee is always fresh and exciting a decade on from the vintage.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
While even the most famous Brunello di Montalcino wines are cuvees from a variety of estate vineyards, one producer in the region, Cortonesi, focuses entirely on single vineyard expressions of both Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
This focus on long-term vision and creativity was also apparent in the birth of the Cristal Champagne brand in 1876, when Tsar Alexander II of Russia approached the House of Roederer (his favorite Champagne at the time) and asked them to craft a special cuvee just for him.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Champagne might feel like a pre-dinner libation, but the crisp taste of a brut cuvee deserves a spot at the table too.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2022
The wine tends to be the most quintessentially Napa of any Bond cuvee: Its 2019 edition tastes monumental and imposing, with powerful blackberry and black currant flavors, a hint of graphite and an intriguing earthiness.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
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“Cuvée.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuv%C3%A9e. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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