ppl. a. [f. VAT v.] Placed or stored in a vat; said esp. of wine. Also fig., mellow.
1843. Tizard, Brewing, 463. Old and vatted Beer.
1873. Sat. Rev., 29 Nov., 694/1. The forged wine of Hamburg, which is variously known as Elbe sherry, vatted sherry, and Hamburg sherry.
1897. Pall Mall Mag., Feb., 253. A considerable company,… most of us fine old vatted English Tories.
