WINE BOTTLE SIZES -LES DIFFÉRENTES BOUTEILLES

Bordelaise – The most commercially used is 0.75 litre = 1 bottle
Magnum – 1.5 litre equivalent to 2 bottles
Often used at special occasions or sometimes by viticulteurs for best conservation of wine because oxidation is better moderated
Marie Jeanne or Double Magnum = 3 litres equivalent to 4 bottles
Jéroboam = 5 litres equivalent to 6 bottles
Methuselah or Imperial = 6 litres equivalent to 8 bottles
Salmanazar = 9 litres equivalent to 12 bottles
Balthazar = 12 litres equivalent to 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar = 15 litres equivalent to 20 bottles
Melchior = 18 litres equivalent to 24 bottles
Largest Sizes of Champagne Bottles
Souverain = 26.25 litres
Primat = 27 litres
Melchizédec = 30 litres