register no. 194 · volume iv · leaf 14 · the register kept since mmxvii
pétrus
reserved1997 · pomerol
held for one collector. this report is open.
15mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
41 072alveolus · corridor 04 · face g
194mark no., pressed 15 january 2026
01acquisition9 october 2025hand iipassed
02verification10 october 2025hands i and ivpassed
03rest14 oct – 12 january 2026hand iiipassed
04placement13 july 2026hand iiopen
ithe ninety days
into the rack14 october 2025
out of the ninety days12 january 2026
readings25 920 at five-minute intervals
outside the band5 readings, in 1 excursion
excursion i10 december 2025 · 22 minutes · 5 readings · a filter change
humidity65%, held to ±3
air+20 Pa, HEPA and carbon filtered
lightdark at rest. lamps on event only: 8 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 52 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 11 august 2025 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fillinto neck · 15 mm below the base of the cork10 october 2025i
fill, second readingagrees with the first10 october 2025iv
fill, as catalogued"high fill" — the seller's words9 october 2025ii
methodshoulder—i
capsuleone crease 2 mm at the crown10 october 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.10 october 2025i
labela bloom 2 mm, not mould at ×10, not tested10 october 2025i
glass2 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm10 october 2025iv
weight1 282 g gross10 october 2025i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck10 october 2025i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 2014not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysno change from the first sitting12 january 2026i
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
019 october 202501one bottle bought at the spring sale, hong kong, lot 1612. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0210 october 202501carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 714 readings at two-minute intervals, 0 d 23 h 48 min, peak 14.9 °C held 22 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 into neck · 15 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
0714 october 202503into the rack. alveolus 41 072.hand iii
0810 december 2025035 readings outside the band over 22 minutes. a filter change.hand iii
0912 january 202603lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 41 072 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
1115 january 202604lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 41 072 the same day.hand iii
1204mark no. 194 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
1313 july 202604offered privately. reserved the same day. one name on the list, entered in the order it was written.hand ii
142 september 202604still held. the bottle has not been lifted since 15 january 2026.hand ii
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 2014 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 stated1998 · the domaine, on release1998–2014 · one cellar, unnamed2014 · sold, the spring sale, hong kong
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 2014–2025, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 9 october 2025the carrier's log, 10 october 2025thirteen plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 2014 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 2014no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address41 072 · corridor 04 · face g · row 15 · column 176
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 760 mm
distance to the pass-through21.7 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.
liftedtwice: 12 january 2026 for the re-read at the shoulder, 15 january 2026 for the press. 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 liftedonce more, when it is placed
viithe mark
mark no.194
pressed15 january 2026 · 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. 194
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, 9 october 2025
carrier's log714 readings, 0 d 23 h 48 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusreserved
reserved13 july 2026
what a reservation isone name on a list, entered in the order it was written. it is not a sale.
pricereleased to the collector holding the reservation.
travels with the bottlethis report and the plates
this report is open. the bottle is in alveolus 41 072 and has not been lifted since 15 january 2026.
written byhand i
re-read byhand iv
last line2 september 2026
signed for the house15 january 2026
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.