The only thing they knew about each wine was the varietal and price range.
To accelerate progress in varietal development, two generations of all segregating materials were grown each year.
Now he has turned his hand and palate to making a cross-varietal blend.
Each is a petri dish parenthesized by ocean, fermenting its unique varietal of weirdness.
varietal differences in amylose content of rice starch.
The order provides authority for volume and quality regulations and reporting requirements by varietal type of raisin.
British Dictionary definitions for varietal
varietal
/vəˈraɪɪtəl/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, characteristic of, designating, or forming a variety, esp a biological variety
noun
2.
a wine labelled with the name of the grape from which it is pressed
Derived Forms
varietally, adverb
Word Origin and History for varietal
adj.
1866, a biologists' word (first attested in Darwin), from variety. In reference to wines, meaning "made from a single variety of grape" is first attested 1941, American English. As a noun, in this sense, attested from 1955.