Champagne at Ascot?

Hi Folks,



On the BBC TV coverage of Ascot @ 08.00 on Friday 22/6/07. Can anyone please tell me what the largest bottle of Champagne was called, what the capacity is %26amp; was it specially made?



Know it's a tall order,

Many thanks,

Daphne,

Jersey, C.I.

Champagne at Ascot?
The largest commopnly available format of Champagne bottle is called a Nebuchadnezzar and contains 15 litres (20 regular bottles) of liquid. A larger bottle called a Melchior is very rarely produced and New world producers, over the past century have competed to commission and name yet larger bottles. For info on these, try wikipedia:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle



The larger formats are named after biblical characters (wise men or kings). Just for reference purposes, I've outlined the bopttle names used in Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux for you below for all of the different bottle sizes:



Mini: Champagne - 200ml



Half-Bottle: 375ml



Bottle: 75cl



Magnum: 1.5 litres (2 bottles)



Marie-Jeanne (Bordeaux): 2.25 l (3 btls)



Double Magnum (Bordeaux) = Jeroboam (Champagne): 3 l (4 btls)



Jeroboam (Bordeaux) = Rehoboam (Champagne): 4.5 l (6 btls)



Imperial (Bordeaux) = Methuselah (Champagne): 6 l (8 btls)



Salmanazar (Champagne): 9 l (12 btls)



Balthazar (Champagne): 12 l (16 btls)



Nebuchadnezzar (Champagne): 15 l (20 btls)



Melchior Champagne): 18 l (24 btls)



I hope this helps.
Reply:It has to be a magnum
Reply:Jeroboam ,capacity 4 bottles.---3 litre

Methuselah, capacity 8 bottles--6 litre

Largest is then Balthazar, 16 bottles---12 litre



CHEERS...oooooooo...och......och !!

Best Answer from Sommelier below.He could decant a bottle

of Chateau Lafite for me any day!

Sorry answerer 4 , The biggest is a Murgatroyd 50litre (66 2/3 bots ) So Sommelier still wins !! See his ref : Wikipedia.
Reply:Sorry, can go bigger again. Drappier have a seldom seen Primat which comes in at 36 bottles/37litre!



http://www.champagnemagic.com/sizes.htm