register no. 149 · volume iii · leaf 29 · the register kept since mmxvii
nacional vintage port
placed1955 · douro · quinta do noval
placed privately. this report is closed.
41mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
1 094alveolus · corridor 01 · face a
149mark no., pressed 17 september 2023
01acquisition8 june 2023hand iipassed
02verification9 june 2023hands i and ivpassed
03rest12 jun – 10 september 2023hand iiipassed
04placement11 may 2026hand iipassed
ithe ninety days
into the rack12 june 2023
out of the ninety days10 september 2023
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: 20 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 40 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 14 april 2023 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fill41 mm below the base of the cork9 june 2023i
fill, second reading42 mm9 june 2023iv
fill, as catalogued"very high fill for the vintage" — the seller's words8 june 2023ii
methodcm—i
capsuleone crease 8 mm at the crown9 june 2023i
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.9 june 2023i
labelfoxing across the upper third, dry9 june 2023i
glass8 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm9 june 2023iv
weight1 387 g gross9 june 2023i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck9 june 2023i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 1964not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysno change from the first sitting10 september 2023i
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
018 june 202301one bottle bought at the summer sale, trier, lot 1297. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
029 june 202301carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 1 119 readings at two-minute intervals, 1 d 13 h 18 min, peak 16.1 °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 41 mm below the base of the cork. the capsule was not cut and the cork was not drawn.hand i
0509:5202fill entered at 41 mm.hand isuperseded · see the line below
0610:0502second sitting, blind to the first.hand iv
0710:1902fill read 42 mm. the difference is 1 mm and is inside the ±2 mm tolerance of the method. both readings stand; the register does not average.hand ivcorrection to the line above
0812 june 202303into the rack. alveolus 1 094.hand iii
0910 september 202303lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 1 094 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
1117 september 202304lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 1 094 the same day.hand iii
1204mark no. 149 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
1311 may 202604placed privately, to one collector. the collector is not named in this register.hand ii
1404lifted from the rack at 43 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 1964 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 stated1956 · the domaine, on release1956–1964 · one cellar, unnamed1964 · sold, the summer sale, trier
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 1964–2023, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 8 june 2023the carrier's log, 9 june 2023nine plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 1964 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 1964no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address1 094 · corridor 01 · face a · row 5 · column 62
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 floor660 mm
distance to the pass-through8.2 m · single depth, one bottle to an alveolus
retrieval43 seconds on this bottle. the house holds forty-five seconds and does not amend it on one lift.
liftedthree times: 10 september 2023 for the re-read at the shoulder, 17 september 2023 for the press, 11 may 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 11 may 2026.
viithe mark
mark no.149
pressed17 september 2023 · 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. 149
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
platesnine, raking light
proof of the markone plate
the saleinvoice and cellar record, 8 june 2023
carrier's log1 119 readings, 1 d 13 h 18 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusplaced
placedprivately · 11 may 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 line11 may 2026
signed for the house17 september 2023
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.