Packaging

After having passed the first and second cycle of champagnization, the wine will be packaged in a standard bottle of 75 cl.

In order to avoid the degradation of the wine to its exposure to the light a dark colored glass will be used. The bottle will be in particular studied on its resistance, so that glass can withstand a pressure of 6 atmospheres.

It’s at the end of the XIX century that the Champagne merchants imagined names for each bottles of large consistencies. Their first goal was to associate the champagne’s effervescence, consumed in special occasions, with that of Middle-East civilizations of antiquity, which were famous for their size and their ostentation.

The Different Bottles

Jeroboam 1st (931-910 BC) was the founder and first sovereign of the kingdom of Israel.

Methuselah, famous biblical patriarch, who may have lived for 969 years.

Salmanazar 3rd, king of Assyria (859-824 BC) was a warrior and a constructor,

Balthazar (555-539 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) marked the apogee of Babylonian civilization.

Names Capacities
Quarter 1,875 ou 2 dl
Half 3,75 dl
Bottle of Champagne 7,5 dl
Magnum 1,5 liters (2 bottles)
Jeroboam 3 liters (4 bottles)
Mathuselah 6 liters (8 bottles)
Salmanazar 9 liters (12 bottles)
Balthazar 12 liters (16 bottles)
Nebuchadnezzar 15 liters (20 bottles)