register no. 208 · volume iv · leaf 28 · the register kept since mmxvii
egon müller, le gallais
at rest1979 · saar · wiltinger braune kupp
resting, day 81 of ninety. this report is open.
7mmfill, below the base of the cork
81of ninety days, running
45 633alveolus · corridor 04 · face h
—no mark. the ninety days are running.
01acquisition11 june 2026hand iipassed
02verification12 june 2026hands i and ivpassed
03rest13 jun – 11 september 2026hand iiiday 81 of ninety
04placement—hand iinot begun
ithe ninety days
into the rack13 june 2026
ends11 september 2026 · expected
readings23 328 so far, of 25 920
outside the band9 readings, in 3 excursions
excursion i14 july 2026 · 11 minutes · 3 readings · the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 04
excursion ii31 july 2026 · 16 minutes · 4 readings · the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 04
excursion iii8 july 2026 · 7 minutes · 2 readings · the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 04
humidity65%, held to ±3
air+20 Pa, HEPA and carbon filtered
lightdark at rest. no event since it was racked.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 6 may 2026 · drift 0.01 °C so far
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
fillinto neck · 7 mm below the base of the cork12 june 2026i
fill, second reading8 mm12 june 2026iv
fill, as catalogued"into neck" — the seller's words11 june 2026ii
methodcm, no shoulder—i
capsuleone nick 9 mm at the lower edge12 june 2026i
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.12 june 2026i
labelcorner lifted 9 mm, not reglued12 june 2026i
glass9 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm12 june 2026iv
weight1 324 g gross12 june 2026i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck12 june 2026i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 1997not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysnot taken. it is taken on 11 september 2026.——
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
0111 june 202601one bottle bought at the spring sale, hong kong, lot 1710. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0212 june 202601carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 868 readings at two-minute intervals, 1 d 4 h 56 min, peak 14.2 °C held 11 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 into neck · 7 mm below the base of the cork. the capsule was not cut and the cork was not drawn.hand i
0509:5202fill entered at 7 mm.hand isuperseded · see the line below
0610:0502second sitting, blind to the first.hand iv
0710:1902fill read 8 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
0813 june 202603into the rack. alveolus 45 633.hand iii
0914 july 2026033 readings outside the band over 11 minutes. the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 04.hand iii
1031 july 2026034 readings outside the band over 16 minutes. the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 04.hand iii
118 july 2026032 readings outside the band over 7 minutes. the pass-through stood open during a placement in corridor 04.hand iii
122 september 202603day 81 of ninety. the log is running and these figures are not final.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 1997 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.
- the ninety days are not finished, so nothing that depends on them has been established.
vprovenance
as stated1980 · the domaine, on release1980–1997 · one cellar, unnamed1997 · sold, the spring sale, hong kong
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 1997–2026, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 11 june 2026the carrier's log, 12 june 2026nine plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 1997 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 1997no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address45 633 · corridor 04 · face h · row 9 · column 41
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 100 mm
distance to the pass-through5.7 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.
liftednot yet. it went into the rack on 13 june 2026 and has not left it.
to be liftedon 11 september 2026, to be marked
viithe mark
mark no.not issued. the number is written when the mark is.
pressednot pressed. the ninety days are running.
earliest it can be pressed11 september 2026
numbered tothis report, when it is written
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.
viiithe file, and the term
the file
platesnine, raking light
proof of the marknone. it is not pressed.
the saleinvoice and cellar record, 11 june 2026
carrier's log868 readings, 1 d 4 h 56 min
rest logrunning, 23 328 readings so far
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusat rest
offerednot yet. nothing is offered before the ninety days are finished.
pricenot yet offered.
this reportopen. it is written on the day the mark is pressed.
this report is open. the bottle is in alveolus 45 633 and has not been lifted since 13 june 2026.
written byhand i
re-read byhand iv
last line2 september 2026
signed for the housenot yet. it is signed on the day the mark is pressed, on or after 11 september 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.