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Bottle Sizes
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.
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.
