Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
VINTAGE
I. noun see: wine
Date: 15th century
1. a. a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard, wine , a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things ; crop , the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine,
3. a period of origin or manufacture , length of existence ; age ,
II. adjective
Date: 1601
of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage, of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality ; classic ,
3. dating from the past ; old , outmoded , old-fashioned , of the best and most characteristic