Bottle Sizes

The chart below describes the most common bottle types and sizes used for wine. Individual regions may have additional sizes and names unique to that region.

Capacity

Name

Description

375 ml

Dessert Wine

Contains one-half a standard 750 ml bottle.

 

 

 

750 ml

Bottle or “Fifth

Standard bottle size.

 

 

 

750 ml or

Champagne

Most common sizes for Champagne.

1.5 liters

 

 

 

 

 

1.5 liters

Magnum

Contains the equivalent to 2 bottles of wine.

 

 

 

3 liters

Double Magnum

Contains the equivalent to 4 bottles of wine and is twice as large as

 

 

the magnum.

 

 

 

3 or 4.5

Jeroboam

Contains 3 liters (4 bottles) in Champagne and Burgundy and

liters

 

4.5 liters (6 bottles) in Bordeaux.

 

 

 

4.5 liters

Rehoboam

Contains the equivalent to 6 bottles of wine and is used in Burgundy

 

 

and Champagne. For Bordeaux, see Jeroboam.

 

 

 

6 liters

Imperial

Contains the equivalent to 8 bottles of wine and is usually used for

 

 

Bordeaux and for Cabernet Sauvignon. In Burgundy and

 

 

Champagne, this size is called a Methuselah.

 

 

 

6 liters

Methuselah

Contains the equivalent to 8 bottles of wine. French champagne

 

 

bottled in a Methuselah is expected to age for a long time.

 

 

 

9 liters

Salmanazar

Contains the equivalent to 12 bottles or a case of wine.

 

 

 

15 liters

Nebuchadnezzar

Contains the equivalent to 20 bottles and is the largest wine

 

 

container. Found most often in Burgundy and Champagne.

 

 

 

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GE Monogram Wine Vault owner manual Bottle Sizes, Capacity Name Description