register no. 209 · volume iv · leaf 29 · the register kept since mmxvii
château ausone
at rest1954 · saint-émilion
resting, day 73 of ninety. this report is open.
41mmfill, below the base of the cork
73of ninety days, running
29 123alveolus · corridor 03 · face e
—no mark. the ninety days are running.
01acquisition18 june 2026hand iipassed
02verification19 june 2026hands i and ivpassed
03rest21 jun – 19 september 2026hand iiiday 73 of ninety
04placement—hand iinot begun
ithe ninety days
into the rack21 june 2026
ends19 september 2026 · expected
readings21 024 so far, of 25 920
outside the bandnone. every reading fell inside the band.
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 13 may 2026 · drift 0.01 °C so far
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
filltop shoulder · 41 mm below the base of the cork19 june 2026i
fill, second reading42 mm19 june 2026iv
fill, as catalogued"into neck" — the seller's words18 june 2026ii
methodcm, no shoulder—i
capsulered over tin. the top face rubbed to bare metal; both rings legible.19 june 2026i
corkread through the neck glass. its base sits 58 mm below the top of the capsule. the capsule was not cut and the cork was not drawn.19 june 2026i
labeloriginal. browned, scattered foxing. no tear, no loss.19 june 2026i
glassdark olive. no chip or old repair found. base ring rubbed.19 june 2026iv
weight1 327 g gross19 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 neck19 june 2026i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 1985not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysnot taken. it is taken on 19 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
0118 june 202601one bottle bought at a single-owner sale, london, lot 1717. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0219 june 202601carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 879 readings at two-minute intervals, 1 d 5 h 18 min, peak 15.4 °C held 31 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 top shoulder · 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
0821 june 202603into the rack. alveolus 29 123.hand iii
092 september 202603day 73 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 1985 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 stated1955 · the domaine, on release1955–1985 · one cellar, unnamed1985 · sold, a single-owner sale, london
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 1985–2026, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 18 june 2026the carrier's log, 19 june 2026eleven plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 1985 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 1985no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address29 123 · corridor 03 · face e · row 17 · column 19
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 980 mm
distance to the pass-through3.1 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.
liftednot yet. it went into the rack on 21 june 2026 and has not left it.
to be liftedon 19 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 pressed19 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
plateseleven, raking light
proof of the marknone. it is not pressed.
the saleinvoice and cellar record, 18 june 2026
carrier's log879 readings, 1 d 5 h 18 min
rest logrunning, 21 024 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 29 123 and has not been lifted since 21 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 19 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.