Gifted rare type of claret by the French (4)
I believe the answer is:
able
'gifted' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'rare type of claret by the french' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the french' could be 'le' ('the' in French) and 'le' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ab' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for able that I've seen before include "Having the ability to do something" , "Competent - sort of seaman" , "Fit as a seaman" , "With the required capacities" , "Having considerable skill" .)