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a champagne bottle sized for people who think one glass is a rounding error.
means a wine bottle format holding 12 liters, the equivalent of sixteen standard bottles in one glass coffin.
from named after balthazar, one of the three biblical magi and later a babylonian king in the book of daniel, part of a tradition of giving giant wine bottles royal and biblical names like jeroboam and nebuchadnezzar.
liters12, exactly 16 standard bottles
weight fullaround 20 kilograms, needs two hands
size rankbigger than jeroboam, smaller than nebuchadnezzar
champagne raritymost houses make only a handful yearly
for instance
dom perignon balthazar — released for milestone vintages, ultra limited runs
las vegas nightclub service — balthazars regularly sabered tableside for spectacle