Wine Bottle
Size
| Bottle |
Size |
Number
of Glasses |
Comments |
|
Mignonette |
5cl to 25cl |
- |
Is used as a sample |
|
Piccolo |
20cl |
1 |
1/4 of a standard
bottle |
|
Chopine |
25cl |
1.25 |
1/3 of a standard
bottle |
|
Half bottle
(or demi) |
37.5cl |
1.875 |
Also known as
Split or Tenth |
|
Fillette |
37.5cl |
1.875 |
Same as Half
In
Loire Valley only |
|
Bottle |
75cl |
3.75 |
Standard bottle |
|
Magnum |
1.5l |
7.5 |
2 standard bottles |
|
Marie-Jeanne
or Dame-Jeanne |
2.25l |
11.25 |
In some areas
it can contain 3l |
|
Double
Magnum |
3l |
15 |
4 standard bottles |
|
Jeroboam |
4.5l |
22.5 |
In
Bordeaux
In
Burgundy and
Champagne, Jeroboam is 3l
First king of Israel |
|
Rehoboam |
4.5l |
22.5 |
In Burgundy and
Champagne
Son of Solomon and King of Judah |
|
Imperial |
6l |
30 |
In Bordeaux
8 standard bottles |
|
Methuselah
or Mathusalem |
6l |
30 |
In Burgundy and
Champagne
Patriarch in the Bible |
|
Salmanazar |
9l |
45 |
12 standard bottles
King of Assyria |
|
Balthazar |
12l |
60 |
16 standard bottles
Regent of Babylon |
|
Nebuchadnezzar
or Nabuchodonosor |
15l |
75 |
In Burgundy and
Champagne
20 standard bottles
King of Babylon |
|
Melchior |
18l |
90 |
In Burgundy and
Champagne
24 standard bottles |
|
Solomon |
20l |
100 |
Very rare |
|
Sovereign |
25l |
125 |
In Champagne,
rare |
A glass is 20cl of wine (0.21 US quart / 0.42 pint / 6.75 oz)
Liquid measurements
1 liter = 0.26 US gallon / 1.05 US quart / 2.11 pint / 33.8 oz
1 standard bottle (75cl) = 0.2 US gallon / 0.8 US quart / 1.58
pint / 25.35 oz
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