This operation is performed in the spring, and is annually repeated until the vine is five years old, the plants thus being in a state of continual progression, a system which accounts for the Juvenescent aspect of the Champagne vineyards, where none of the wood of the vines showing aboveground is more than three years old.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly
"Flora;" by which Juvenescent name his aged Indian handmaid was known, usually announced her presence with an imitation of a curlew's cry: it could not be her.
"Drift from Two Shores"
Bret Harte