Flail bottle

A term (also known as a tall bottle) for the bottle shape most commonly used for white wines in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Alsace. The slender bottle with an elongated neck is between 300 and 375 millimetres long. A special shape used in the German Rheingau region is known as the Rheingauer Flöte. In France, the Schlegel bottle commonly used in Alsace is called a flûte (flute), while the common international name for this bottle shape is "Renana" ("Rhenish"). The similar Burgundy bottle is more pot-bellied and also has a shorter neck. The Sachsenkeule has a shape similar to a cone. And the bottle used for Hungarian Tokaj is called the club bottle. In contrast, the cylindrical Bordeaux bottle only has a very short neck with pronounced shoulders. See also under bottles and wine vessels.

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