register no. 177 · volume iii · leaf 57 · the register kept since mmxvii
château mouton rothschild
placed2004 · pauillac
placed privately. this report is closed.
14mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
3 045alveolus · corridor 01 · face a
177mark no., pressed 25 february 2025
01acquisition21 november 2024hand iipassed
02verification22 november 2024hands i and ivpassed
03rest24 nov – 22 february 2025hand iiipassed
04placement7 february 2026hand iipassed
ithe ninety days
into the rack24 november 2024
out of the ninety days22 february 2025
readings25 920 at five-minute intervals
outside the bandnone. every reading fell inside the band.
humidity65%, held to ±3
air+20 Pa, HEPA and carbon filtered
lightdark at rest. lamps on event only: 10 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 50 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 8 october 2024 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fillinto neck · 14 mm below the base of the cork22 november 2024i
fill, second readingagrees with the first22 november 2024iv
fill, as catalogued"top shoulder" — the seller's words21 november 2024ii
methodshoulder—i
capsuleone nick 6 mm at the lower edge22 november 2024i
corkread through the neck glass. the capsule was not cut and the cork was not drawn; that is the whole of what can be said.22 november 2024i
labelone nick 6 mm at the lower edge, no loss of print22 november 2024i
glass6 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm22 november 2024iv
weight1 231 g gross22 november 2024i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck22 november 2024i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 2019not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysno change from the first sitting22 february 2025i
readings are entered at the date they were taken. a reading that was wrong is corrected on a new line and both readings stay in the report. two readings that are both right and differ are both printed. the house does not average.
iiithe lines
0121 november 202401one bottle bought at the spring sale, hong kong, lot 1493. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0222 november 202401carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 527 readings at two-minute intervals, 0 d 17 h 34 min, peak 15.4 °C held 31 minutes.hand ii
0302first sitting. bench at 19.6 °C. raking light at 2200 k, the beam across the glass at a low angle, one side then the other.hand i
0409:4002fill read into neck · 14 mm below the base of the cork. the capsule was not cut and the cork was not drawn.hand i
0510:0502second sitting, blind to the first.hand iv
0610:1902the second sitting agrees with the first at every finding.hand iv
0724 november 202403into the rack. alveolus 3 045.hand iii
0822 february 202503lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 3 045 the same day.hand iii
0903out of the ninety days. re-read at the shoulder before the press; no change from the first sitting.hand i
1025 february 202504lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 3 045 the same day.hand iii
1104mark no. 177 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
127 february 202604placed privately, to one collector. the collector is not named in this register.hand ii
1304lifted from the rack at 44 seconds. the house holds forty-five and does not amend it on one lift.hand iii
ivwhat was not established
- the wine was not tasted. nothing in this report is a note on how it drinks.
- the cork was not drawn. what is said of it was read through the neck glass.
- no grade was given. this house does not grade, and there is no blank here where a grade would go.
- this is not a certificate of authenticity. it is a record of what was seen.
- the years before 2019 rest on the seller's own record and were not verified here.
- the volume in the bottle was not measured; it cannot be measured without opening it.
vprovenance
as stated2005 · the domaine, on release2005–2019 · one cellar, unnamed2019 · sold, the spring sale, hong kong
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 2019–2024, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 21 november 2024the carrier's log, 22 november 2024eleven plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 2019 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 2019no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address3 045 · corridor 01 · face a · row 12 · column 207
how it is numberedface a to face j, row 1 at the floor upward, column 1 at the pass-through end. ten faces, 2 578 columns between them, 24 rows to a face: 24 × 2 578 = 61 872.
height above the floor1 430 mm
distance to the pass-through25.4 m · single depth, one bottle to an alveolus
retrieval44 seconds on this bottle. the house holds forty-five seconds and does not amend it on one lift.
liftedthree times: 22 february 2025 for the re-read at the shoulder, 25 february 2025 for the press, 7 february 2026 when it was placed. the public pages say a bottle leaves the rack once, when it is placed; that is the lift the collector is told about and it is true of it. the register counts the house's own lifts as well.
to be liftednot again. it left the caveau on 7 february 2026.
viithe mark
mark no.177
pressed25 february 2025 · by hand i · witnessed by hand iv
stockcotton rag · hand press, one strike, not re-struck
positionon the shoulder, facing the label
numbered tothis report, register no. 177
proofone plate in the file
the mark is pressed when the ninety days are complete and before the bottle is offered, because the number on the shoulder is the number of the report and the report is finished first. a bottle that fails a stage never receives it. a bottle that is offered and not placed carries the mark and goes back to the rack.
viiithe file, and the term
the file
plateseleven, raking light
proof of the markone plate
the saleinvoice and cellar record, 21 november 2024
carrier's log527 readings, 0 d 17 h 34 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusplaced
placedprivately · 7 february 2026
pricenot published. this house sells by private treaty.
travels with the bottlethis report and the plates
this report is closed.
written byhand i
re-read byhand iv
last line7 february 2026
signed for the house25 february 2025
a signature here means one person read the bottle and one other read it again without seeing the first reading. it does not mean the wine is good, and it does not mean the bottle is guaranteed to be what the label says. it means two people looked and wrote down what they saw.
nothing in this report is erased. a correction is a new line with its own date, and the line it corrects stays where it was written. hands are entered by number and the house does not print names, its own or anyone else’s. collectors and enquirers are not named. prices are not entered.