Bordeaux bottle

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The most common wine bottle shape, which has made its triumphal march around the world from Bordeaux. It has become the global standard, so to speak, especially for red wines. The bottle has a cylindrical body, a pronounced shoulder (hence the name shoulder bottle) and a short neck. Some of the designations for the fill level, i.e. liquid level, are also derived from this (high shoulder, mid shoulder, upper shoulder, low shoulder, below shoulder). As a rule, dark-coloured glass is used for dry red wines and some white wines, while clear glass is also used for sweet wines. The base of the bottle is slightly curved so that sediment can get into the small groove around the indentation. This prevents the deposit from being stirred up when pouring. The cylindrical shape also makes it easy to stack the bottles horizontally in the wine cellar or wine cabinet. The two other most common bottle shapes are the Burgundy bottle and the Schlegel bottle. See also complete lists under the keywords bottles and wine containers.

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