Sizes and capacities of the bottles of Champagne

From the quart bottle to the Melchizedec or Midas, the size of champagne bottles can vary from a few centiliters to several liters.

When it comes to Champagne, you certainly know the "bottle" (75cl), the magnum (1.5l) and the jeroboam. But do you know which size of champagne bottles can vary from a few centiliters to several 10s of liters?

The manufacture of large glass containers is complex and explains the extra cost of buying a Champagne.
They allow, by their greater capacity, to slow down the effects of aging.
Large glass containers are always a nice surprise when given as a gift and they transform a dinner table into a festive table.

The names of these containers are based on a popular tradition that dates back several centuries after the publication of the Book.
He was the forefather of Noah, the man who survived the Flood and who deserves to have a bottle named after him, since he is credited with planting the first vines.

The different sizes and capacities of bottles proposed by the winegrowers and Champagne houses.

What is the capacity of a champagne flute?

-You should plan to pour about 12.5cl of champagne per glass, which corresponds to about 6 glasses per 75cl bottle of champagne. There are champagne flutes of all sizes, between 15cl and 25cl for the largest, which we never fill to the brim of course.

How many flutes and liters in a bottle of Champagne?

What do we call a small bottle of Champagne?

- The quarter bottle contains 20 cl or 1 flute of Champagne.
- The half bottle contains 37,5 cl or 3 flutes of Champagne.
- The medium bottle contains 50 cl or 5 flutes of Champagne.

What is the capacity of a bottle of champagne ?

- The bottle contains 75 cl or 5 flutes of Champagne.

What is the name of the 1.5 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Magnum contains 2 bottles or 12 flutes of Champagne.

The biggest bottles of Champagne.

What is the name of the 3 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Jeroboam contains 4 bottles or 24 flutes of Champagne.

What is the name of the 4.5 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Rehoboam contains 6 bottles or 36 flutes of Champagne.

What is the name of the 6 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Methuselah contains 8 bottles or 48 flutes of Champagne.

What is the name of the 9 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Salmanazar contains 12 bottles or 9 liters and 72 flutes of Champagne. The Salmanasar has five godfathers, as many as the kings of Assyria who bore this name.

What is the name of the 12 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Balthazar which contains 16 bottles or 96 flutes of Champagne

What is the name of the 15 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Nebuchadnezzar which contains 20 bottles or 120 flutes of Champagne

What is the name of the 18 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Salomon which contains 24 bottles or 144 flutes of Champagne.

What is the name of the 26.25 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Souverain which contains 35 bottles or 210 flutes of Champagne.

What is the name of the 27 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Primate which contains 36 bottles or 216 flutes of Champagne.

What is the name of the 30 liter bottle of champagne?

- The Melchiesedech which contains 40 bottles or 30 liters and 240 flutes of Champagne.