| 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 |