register no. 189 · volume iv · leaf 9 · the register kept since mmxvii
sassicaia
placed2021 · bolgheri · tenuta san guido
placed privately. this report is closed.
38mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
56 447alveolus · corridor 05 · face j
189mark no., pressed 27 august 2025
01acquisition22 may 2025hand iipassed
02verification23 may 2025hands i and ivpassed
03rest24 may – 22 august 2025hand iiipassed
04placement21 march 2026hand iipassed
ithe ninety days
into the rack24 may 2025
out of the ninety days22 august 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: 22 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 38 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 26 march 2025 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fill38 mm below the base of the cork23 may 2025i
fill, second readingagrees with the first23 may 2025iv
fill, as catalogued"into neck" — the seller's words22 may 2025ii
methodcm—i
capsuleone crease 11 mm at the crown23 may 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.23 may 2025i
labelcorner lifted 11 mm, not reglued23 may 2025i
glass11 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm23 may 2025iv
weight1 267 g gross23 may 2025i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck23 may 2025i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 2023not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysno change from the first sitting22 august 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
0122 may 202501one bottle bought at a december sale, geneva, lot 1577. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0223 may 202501carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 659 readings at two-minute intervals, 0 d 21 h 58 min, peak 14.2 °C held 11 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 38 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 may 202503into the rack. alveolus 56 447.hand iii
0822 august 202503lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 56 447 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
1027 august 202504lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 56 447 the same day.hand iii
1104mark no. 189 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
1221 march 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 2023 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 stated2022 · the domaine, on release2022–2023 · one cellar, unnamed2023 · sold, a december sale, geneva
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 2023–2025, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 22 may 2025the carrier's log, 23 may 2025eleven plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 2023 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 2023no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address56 447 · corridor 05 · face j · row 3 · column 251
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 floor440 mm
distance to the pass-through30.7 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 august 2025 for the re-read at the shoulder, 27 august 2025 for the press, 21 march 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 21 march 2026.
viithe mark
mark no.189
pressed27 august 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. 189
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, 22 may 2025
carrier's log659 readings, 0 d 21 h 58 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusplaced
placedprivately · 21 march 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 line21 march 2026
signed for the house27 august 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.