register no. 162 · volume iii · leaf 42 · the register kept since mmxvii
monfortino riserva
placed1990 · barolo · giacomo conterno
placed privately. this report is closed.
39mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
27 781alveolus · corridor 03 · face e
162mark no., pressed 6 may 2024
01acquisition25 january 2024hand iipassed
02verification26 january 2024hands i and ivpassed
03rest31 jan – 30 april 2024hand iiipassed
04placement6 april 2025hand iipassed
ithe ninety days
into the rack31 january 2024
out of the ninety days30 april 2024
readings25 920 at five-minute intervals
outside the band2 readings, in 1 excursion
excursion i25 february 2024 · 9 minutes · 2 readings · the plant changed over to the second chiller on its annual schedule
humidity65%, held to ±3
air+20 Pa, HEPA and carbon filtered
lightdark at rest. lamps on event only: 14 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 46 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 30 december 2023 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fill39 mm below the base of the cork26 january 2024i
fill, second readingagrees with the first26 january 2024iv
fill, as catalogued"base of neck" — the seller's words25 january 2024ii
methodcm—i
capsuleone crease 8 mm at the crown26 january 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.26 january 2024i
labelcellar soiling in the lower left quarter, dry26 january 2024i
glass8 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm26 january 2024iv
weight1 186 g gross26 january 2024i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck26 january 2024i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 2015not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysno change from the first sitting30 april 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
0125 january 202401one bottle bought at by private treaty, through an intermediary, bordeaux, lot 1388. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0226 january 202401carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 1 262 readings at two-minute intervals, 1 d 18 h 4 min, peak 13.8 °C held 9 minutes.hand ii
0302first sitting. bench at 19.4 °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 39 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
0731 january 202403into the rack. alveolus 27 781.hand iii
0825 february 2024032 readings outside the band over 9 minutes. the plant changed over to the second chiller on its annual schedule.hand iii
0930 april 202403lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 27 781 the same day.hand iii
1003out of the ninety days. re-read at the shoulder before the press; no change from the first sitting.hand i
116 may 202404lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 27 781 the same day.hand iii
1204mark no. 162 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
136 april 202504placed privately, to one collector. the collector is not named in this register.hand ii
1404lifted 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 2015 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 stated1991 · the domaine, on release1991–2015 · one cellar, unnamed2015 · sold, by private treaty, through an intermediary, bordeaux
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 2015–2024, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 25 january 2024the carrier's log, 26 january 2024eleven plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 2015 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 2015no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address27 781 · corridor 03 · face e · row 11 · column 231
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 320 mm
distance to the pass-through28.3 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: 30 april 2024 for the re-read at the shoulder, 6 may 2024 for the press, 6 april 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 6 april 2025.
viithe mark
mark no.162
pressed6 may 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. 162
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, 25 january 2024
carrier's log1 262 readings, 1 d 18 h 4 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusplaced
placedprivately · 6 april 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 line6 april 2025
signed for the house6 may 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.