varietalnoun [ C ]
/vəˈraɪ.ə.təl//-t̬əl/specialized food & drink a type of grape that is used to make wine, or a wine that is made from one type of grape:
Malbec, a red-wine varietal, represents a quarter of Argentina's wine exports.
Customers can browse wines by price, varietal, region and year.
specialized biology, food & drink a particular type of a plant:
Restaurant menus might specify a particular varietal of vegetable or mention the farm where it was grown.
varietaladjective [ before noun ]
/vəˈraɪ.ə.təl//-t̬əl/specialized food & drink relating to a type of grape or to wine made from one type of grape:
the unique varietal character of the grape
varietal wines
specialized biology, food & drink relating to a variety or to different varieties of a plant :
varietal coffees
varietal differences between the types of wheat grown on the farm