register no. 169 · volume iii · leaf 49 · the register kept since mmxvii
château d'yquem
placed2006 · sauternes
placed privately. this report is closed.
12mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
7 834alveolus · corridor 01 · face b
169mark no., pressed 17 september 2024
01acquisition11 june 2024hand iipassed
02verification12 june 2024hands i and ivpassed
03rest15 jun – 13 september 2024hand iiipassed
04placement5 november 2025hand iipassed
ithe ninety days
into the rack15 june 2024
out of the ninety days13 september 2024
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: 21 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 39 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 7 may 2024 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fillinto neck · 12 mm below the base of the cork12 june 2024i
fill, second readingagrees with the first12 june 2024iv
fill, as catalogued"very high fill for the vintage" — the seller's words11 june 2024ii
methodshoulder—i
capsuleone crease 11 mm at the crown12 june 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.12 june 2024i
labelfoxing across the upper third, dry12 june 2024i
glass11 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm12 june 2024iv
weight1 207 g gross12 june 2024i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck12 june 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 sitting13 september 2024i
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
0111 june 202401one bottle bought at the autumn sale, beaune, lot 1437. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0212 june 202401carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 439 readings at two-minute intervals, 0 d 14 h 38 min, peak 16.1 °C held 22 minutes.hand ii
0302first sitting. bench at 19.8 °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 · 12 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
0715 june 202403into the rack. alveolus 7 834.hand iii
0813 september 202403lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 7 834 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
1017 september 202404lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 7 834 the same day.hand iii
1104mark no. 169 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
125 november 202504placed privately, to one collector. the collector is not named in this register.hand ii
1304lifted from the rack at 45 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 stated2007 · the domaine, on release2007–2019 · one cellar, unnamed2019 · sold, the autumn sale, beaune
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 2019–2024, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 11 june 2024the carrier's log, 12 june 2024thirteen 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
address7 834 · corridor 01 · face b · row 7 · column 118
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 floor880 mm
distance to the pass-through14.8 m · single depth, one bottle to an alveolus
retrieval45 seconds on this bottle. the house holds forty-five seconds and does not amend it on one lift.
liftedthree times: 13 september 2024 for the re-read at the shoulder, 17 september 2024 for the press, 5 november 2025 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 5 november 2025.
viithe mark
mark no.169
pressed17 september 2024 · 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. 169
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
platesthirteen, raking light
proof of the markone plate
the saleinvoice and cellar record, 11 june 2024
carrier's log439 readings, 0 d 14 h 38 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusplaced
placedprivately · 5 november 2025
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 line5 november 2025
signed for the house17 september 2024
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.