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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