Meaning & use
balthazar
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An oversized wine bottle holding the equivalent of about sixteen standard bottles (roughly 12 liters).
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The winery unveiled a balthazar of its anniversary vintage for the gala auction.
Lifting a full balthazar off the shelf takes both hands and a steady back.
A note on using this word
Named, like several other oversized bottle formats (Jeroboam, Nebuchadnezzar), after a king from the Bible, in this case one of the traditional Magi.
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