Saw this at a Colorado winery recently. I think there is a mistake. Can you find it?
In the picture from smallest to largest they have them labeled as:
Split 187 ml
Half bottle 375ml
Standard 750ml
Magnum 1.5L
Jeroboam 3L
Methuselah 6L
Salmanazar 9L
Balthazar 12L
The sizing reference isn’t complete of course, but I think they have one labeled incorrectly.
The still wine Jeroboam holds 4-1/2 liters not 3 but the pictured one is stout so is likely a sparkling wine Jeroboam and correctly labeld as 3L. Not sure where your question is aimed.
I thought the 3L was a double mag.
There is (IIRC) different name/size for champagne vs. (say) Bdx, which can cause confusion.
Sort of going off this.
A double mag of sparkling is called a Jeroboam.
Hi Michael
I’ve seen ‘split’ mentioned a few times here, but had assumed it was another name for a half bottle. It’s not a term we seem to use in the UK.
regards
Ian
Makes sense, but then their display is odd since they don’t make a sparkling.
The correct term for the big one is a “Pobegar”
You will find many places on the web that use “split” as a synonym for a half bottle. Some folks here rebel at that though
WineBerserkers is the last bastion of true wine rebels. I originally came to this site for wine recommendations but stayed for the radical wine-poly think.
Does anyone know where the use of ancient Babylonian and Assyrian names for wine bottles comes from.
Half, Quarter, (1/8) Bottle: 93.5ml Better known as a Topette, is used most often as sample bottles
-Quarter Bottle: 187ml Also known as Piccolo. (1/4 bottle) 1 glass of wine
-Half Bottle, Demi or Split: 375ml (1/2 bottle) 2 glasses of wine
-Standard: 750ml, 25.4 oz – The most popular sized wine bottle offers 4 to 6 glasses of wine
-Magnum: 1.5 Liters (2 bottles)
-Jeroboam or Double Magnum: 3 Liters (4 bottles)
-Rehoboam: 4.5 Liters (6 bottles)
-Bordeaux Jeroboam: 5 Liters (6.75 bottles)
-Imperial: 6 Liters (8 bottles)
-Methuselah: 6 Liters (8 bottles)
-Salmanzar: 9 Liters (12 bottles)
-Balthazar: 12 Liters (16 bottles)
-Nebuchanezzar: 15 Liters (20 bottles)
-Melchoir: 18 Liters (24 bottles)
-Solomon: 20 Liters (26 bottles)
-Sovereign: 25 Liters (33.3 bottles)
-Primat or Goliath: 27 Liters (36 bottles)
-Melchizedek: 30 Liters (40 bottles)
Read more at:Complete Guide to all Large Format Wine Bottles, Sizes and Shapes
They’re Burg shape bottles and a Jeroboam is the name for a DubMag in Burgundy as well.
Don’t know about this “Split” thing, never come across it to mean anything smaller than a half.
Speaking of bottle sizes, whatever happened to the Marie Jeanne? That’s surely one of the great sizes, perfect the moderately sized dinner party. The other day I dreamt that I bought Chateau Desmiral and bottled my entire production in Marie Jeannes. A stroke of genius it was.
Everyone always forgets Tappit Hens. Roughly 2.25 Liters.
Andy- its shown as a Marie Jeanne in the picture above ( which is how I’ve always known it ) .
Never heard the term Tappit Hens.
I think Tappit Hen is a port thing.
It is. It fluctuates between roughly 2.1 and 2.3L. Sometimes in a larger looking standard bottle, or most often in a shorter fat bottle.
Whoever this “Jeane Marie” is, I think I might have dated a couple of her friends in the past. 
That’s one sexy Tregnum!