register no. 184 · volume iv · leaf 4 · the register kept since mmxvii
romanée-conti
placed2013 · vosne-romanée grand cru · domaine de la romanée-conti
placed privately. this report is closed.
40mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
24 170alveolus · corridor 02 · face d
184mark no., pressed 13 may 2025
01acquisition6 february 2025hand iipassed
02verification7 february 2025hands i and ivpassed
03rest10 feb – 11 may 2025hand iiipassed
04placement6 july 2026hand iipassed
ithe ninety days
into the rack10 february 2025
out of the ninety days11 may 2025
readings25 920 at five-minute intervals
outside the band13 readings, in 3 excursions
excursion i29 march 2025 · 22 minutes · 5 readings · a bridge stood at the face during a placement in corridor 02
excursion ii6 march 2025 · 20 minutes · 4 readings · the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 02
excursion iii23 march 2025 · 18 minutes · 4 readings · a filter change
humidity65%, held to ±3
air+20 Pa, HEPA and carbon filtered
lightdark at rest. lamps on event only: 17 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 43 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 18 december 2024 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fill40 mm below the base of the cork7 february 2025i
fill, second readingagrees with the first7 february 2025iv
fill, as catalogued"very high fill for the vintage" — the seller's words6 february 2025ii
methodcm—i
capsuleone nick 9 mm at the lower edge7 february 2025i
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.7 february 2025i
labelfoxing across the upper third, dry7 february 2025i
glass9 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm7 february 2025iv
weight1 252 g gross7 february 2025i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck7 february 2025i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 2017not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysno change from the first sitting11 may 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
016 february 202501one bottle bought at the winter fine-wine sale, london, lot 1542. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
027 february 202501carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 604 readings at two-minute intervals, 0 d 20 h 8 min, peak 16.1 °C held 22 minutes.hand ii
0302first sitting. bench at 20.1 °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 40 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
0710 february 202503into the rack. alveolus 24 170.hand iii
0829 march 2025035 readings outside the band over 22 minutes. a bridge stood at the face during a placement in corridor 02.hand iii
096 march 2025034 readings outside the band over 20 minutes. the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 02.hand iii
1023 march 2025034 readings outside the band over 18 minutes. a filter change.hand iii
1111 may 202503lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 24 170 the same day.hand iii
1203out of the ninety days. re-read at the shoulder before the press; no change from the first sitting.hand i
1313 may 202504lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 24 170 the same day.hand iii
1404mark no. 184 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
156 july 202604placed privately, to one collector. the collector is not named in this register.hand ii
1604lifted 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 2017 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 stated2014 · the domaine, on release2014–2017 · one cellar, unnamed2017 · sold, the winter fine-wine sale, london
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 2017–2025, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 6 february 2025the carrier's log, 7 february 2025eleven plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 2017 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 2017no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address24 170 · corridor 02 · face d · row 22 · column 8
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 floor2 530 mm
distance to the pass-through1.8 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: 11 may 2025 for the re-read at the shoulder, 13 may 2025 for the press, 6 july 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 6 july 2026.
viithe mark
mark no.184
pressed13 may 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. 184
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, 6 february 2025
carrier's log604 readings, 0 d 20 h 8 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusplaced
placedprivately · 6 july 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 line6 july 2026
signed for the house13 may 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.