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Mondo Bungle · 11-15-2017, 06:01 PM

it is a Burgundy style wine bottle

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The first bottle of the big three to become ubiquitous was the Burgundy Bottle. Invented sometime in the nineteenth century, it is thought that the bottle’s curved sides exist simply because this design was easier for glassmakers to create. Following the bottle’s creation, Burgundy producers – the people responsible for making the first wines out of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – began using the vessels to bottle their red and white Burgundies. Within a few decades, the bottle became ubiquitous as the bottle used to house good Pinot and Chardonnay, and as these two very popular grapes spread across the world, so did the Burgundy bottle. Nowadays, most red wines with a flavor profile similar to Pinot Noir – light, bright, and complex – such as Nebbiolo, Gamay and Etna Rosso can be also be found in this style bottle. If you find a white wine inside a Burgundian bottle, traditionally it was a good indication that the white probably saw a bit of oak during the aging process, but with unoaked Chardonnay now becoming a thing, that’s not always the case.