The term magnum has been used in connection with bottle sizes since the beginning of the 18th century. The term is derived from the Latin for “the big one”.
At that time, it was customary to bottle good or high-quality wines in larger formats and use them to supply the palace of the Russian tsar or the English royal court, for example, as well as the wealthy classes.
A magnum is a bottle size that holds the contents of two bottles of the standard 0.75 liter size. The magnum bottle is considered by wine connoisseurs to be the best bottle size when it comes to storing wine or champagne for a longer period of time. This is due to the fact that the maturing process in a bottle with a higher volume is not only slower, but also more even and harmonious.
This in turn is due to the fact that a magnum bottle or even a double magnum bottle has a particularly advantageous ratio between the oxygen and the volume of wine.
The best Swiss winemaker of the decade, Diego Mathier, also relies on the magnum bottle. As many as 14 of his award-winning wines, including the world champion of Pinot Noir wines, L’Ambassadeur de Domain Diego Mathier rouge, are offered in 1.5 liter bottles. These can be conveniently displayed in the online store using the “Bottle sizes” filter.
