Wine bottle sizes
A standard wine bottle holds 750 ml, a magnum 1.5 litres (2 bottles) and a Nebuchadnezzar 15 litres (20 bottles). The same name can mean different sizes in Bordeaux and Champagne.
Wine bottle sizes: the tool
Bottles drawn to scale
Real catalogue bottles from one glassmaker (Saverglass): heights and body widths are to scale. Other bottles of the same volume differ.
Wine bottle size chart
| Name | Volume | Standard bottles | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piccolo / split | 187.5 ml | 0.25 | Wine Folly, Wikipedia; Laurent-Perrier and Saverglass say 0.20 L |
| Demi / half | 375 ml | 0.5 | |
| Jennie | 500 ml | 0.67 | Laurent-Perrier |
| Standard | 750 ml | 1 | |
| Magnum | 1.5 L | 2 | |
| Marie Jeanne | 2.25 L | 3 | Wikipedia; Bordeaux |
| Double Magnum | 3 L | 4 | Bordeaux name for 3 L |
| Jeroboam (Champagne, Burgundy) | 3 L | 4 | sparkling |
| Jeroboam (Bordeaux) | 4.5 L | 6 | still |
| Rehoboam | 4.5 L | 6 | Champagne/Burgundy name for 4.5 L |
| Methuselah | 6 L | 8 | Champagne/Burgundy |
| Imperial | 6 L | 8 | Bordeaux name for 6 L |
| Salmanazar | 9 L | 12 | |
| Balthazar | 12 L | 16 | |
| Nebuchadnezzar | 15 L | 20 | |
| Melchior | 18 L | 24 | Wikipedia; Wine Folly treats as same as Solomon |
| Solomon | 18 L | 24 | Wine Folly, Laurent-Perrier; Wikipedia says 20 L / 26 |
| Sovereign | 26.25 L | 35 | Laurent-Perrier, Wikipedia |
| Primat (Goliath) | 27 L | 36 | Laurent-Perrier, Wikipedia |
| Melchizedek (Midas) | 30 L | 40 | Laurent-Perrier, Wikipedia |
Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne names
| Volume | Bottles | Bordeaux | Burgundy | Champagne |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 ml | 0.27 | Piccolo | Piccolo | Piccolo |
| 375 ml | 0.5 | Fillette | Demi | Demi-bouteille |
| 750 ml | 1 | Bouteille | Bouteille | Champenoise |
| 1500 ml | 2 | Magnum | Magnum | Magnum |
| 3000 ml | 4 | Double Magnum | Jéroboam | Jéroboam |
| 4500 ml | 6 | Jéroboam | Réhoboam | Réhoboam |
| 6000 ml | 8 | Impériale | Mathusalem | Mathusalem |
How tall is a wine bottle?
| Style | Model | Volume | Height | Body diameter | Empty weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagne | Champenoise STANDARD | 37.5 cl | 243.5 mm (9.6 in) | 70.6 mm | 500 g |
| Champagne | Champenoise STANDARD | 75 cl | 300 mm (11.8 in) | 88.4 mm | 900 g |
| Champagne | Champenoise STANDARD (magnum) | 150 cl | 371.5 mm (14.6 in) | 114.5 mm | 1730 g |
| Bordeaux | Classic Bordelaise BVS | 75 cl | 321.3 mm (12.6 in) | 75.6 mm | 707 g |
| Burgundy | Bourgogne Tradition | 75 cl | 296 mm (11.7 in) | 82.2 mm | 578 g |
| Bordeaux | Bordelaise Trad Premium (magnum) | 150 cl | 356 mm (14.0 in) | 99 mm | 1040 g |
Where sources disagree
- Champagne and Bordeaux use the same name for different sizes: in Champagne and Burgundy a Jeroboam is 3 L (4 bottles); in Bordeaux 3 L is a Double Magnum and a Jeroboam is 4.5 L (6 bottles). The 6 L bottle is a Methuselah (Mathusalem) in Champagne/Burgundy and an Imperial (Impériale) in Bordeaux. Source: Saverglass naming table; Wine Folly agrees.
- Smallest bottle: Wine Folly and Wikipedia give the piccolo/split as 187.5 ml (1/4 bottle); Saverglass and Laurent-Perrier give 200 ml (0.27 bottle).
- Solomon disagrees: Wine Folly gives 18 L 'Solomon (aka Melchior)'; Laurent-Perrier gives Solomon 18 L (24 bottles); Wikipedia lists Melchior 18 L (24) and Solomon 20 L (26) as separate sizes.
- Comité Champagne's own bottle-size page returned 404 and was not read. Laurent-Perrier (a Champagne house) is used for the Champagne list instead.
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Questions
How many glasses are in a bottle of wine?
We have not found an official serving size to quote, so we do not give one. A standard bottle is 750 ml.
What is bigger than a magnum?
A Jeroboam: 3 L (4 bottles) in Champagne and Burgundy, but 4.5 L in Bordeaux, where 3 L is called a Double Magnum.
How tall is a standard wine bottle?
It depends on the model: a Saverglass Bordeaux bottle is 321 mm (12.6 in) and a Champagne bottle 300 mm (11.8 in).
Sources
- Wine Folly: Wine Bottle Sizes (checked 2026-10-05)
- Laurent-Perrier: What is the Largest Bottle of Champagne? (checked 2026-10-05)
- Wikipedia: Wine bottle (checked 2026-10-05)
- Saverglass: Guide to Bottle Sizes: Wines and Spirits (checked 2026-10-05)
- Saverglass: Champenoise STANDARD 75 cl (checked 2026-10-05)
- Saverglass: Champenoise STANDARD 37.5 cl (checked 2026-10-05)
- Saverglass: Champenoise STANDARD 150 cl (checked 2026-10-05)
- Saverglass: Classic Bordelaise BVS 75 cl (checked 2026-10-05)
- Saverglass: Bourgogne Tradition 75 cl (checked 2026-10-05)
- Saverglass: Bordelaise Trad Premium 150 cl (checked 2026-10-05)
Last checked: 5 October 2026