Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

second vin

English translation:

second label / second wine

Added to glossary by Yolanda Broad
Jan 28, 2003 23:11
21 yrs ago
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French term

second vin

French to English Marketing Wine / Oenology / Viticulture wine & spirits
"Un couple de rêve dans ce coffret, c’est le Château Branaire-Duluc-Ducru, une des plus belles expressions de l’équilibre des Saint-Julien, et Sarget de Gruaud Larose, un second vin aux tannins aimables." Termium's suggestion is 'first,' as in the first pressing of the grapes, but I'm not so sure.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +9 second label OR second wine
4 +3 another/ a second

Proposed translations

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second label OR second wine

from the wine dictionary

second label
A term used for winery- or château-produced wines that aren't the quality necessary to be bottled under the primary label. Such wines are generally made from grapes that are either from new vineyards or below top quality because of a substandard growing season. Although not usually as wonderful as primary-label wines, second-labels can be surprisingly good. Some examples of second labels in California include Liberty School from caymus vineyards and Hawk Crest from stag's leap wine cellars. Examples in bordeaux, where such wines are sometimes referred to as second wines, are Les Forts de Latour from château latour and Moulin-des-Carruades from château lafite-rothschild.

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Note added at 2003-01-29 19:48:44 (GMT)
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Un couple de rêve dans ce coffret, c’est le Château Branaire-Duluc-Ducru, une des plus belles expressions de l’équilibre des Saint-Julien, et Sarget de Gruaud Larose, un second vin aux tannins aimables.\"

If the answer were another wine, there would be no reason to say, un second vin in French. it would just say, Sarget de x, UN VIN aux tannins aimables...
Peer comment(s):

agree Stella Woods : I spent 6 months translating a website on wine last year and 'second wine' is definitely the correct translation.
3 hrs
agree Jean-Luc Dumont
4 hrs
agree John Garside
5 hrs
agree Jim Collis
6 hrs
agree Ioana Bostan
6 hrs
agree Shog Imas
6 hrs
agree Sarah Ponting : second wine
7 hrs
agree cjohnstone
9 hrs
agree Thierry LOTTE
16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Jane! What wine dictionary do you recommend?"
+3
2 mins

another/ a second

another wine
a second wine
Peer comment(s):

agree Sarah Ponting : second wine
8 hrs
agree Nancy Bonnefond : yes, another. They're introducing a coffret of two different bottles with explanation of a first wine and then a second
13 hrs
agree Jean-Luc Dumont : second wine - yes - but NOT with the meaning of another as described above - SEE 3rd answer
17 hrs
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