register no. 201 · volume iv · leaf 21 · the register kept since mmxvii
château latour
available1892 · pauillac
offered. this report is open.
43mmfill, below the base of the cork
90days at 13.0 °C
6 457alveolus · corridor 01 · face b
201mark no., pressed 21 may 2026
01acquisition12 february 2026hand iipassed
02verification13 february 2026hands i and ivpassed
03rest18 feb – 19 may 2026hand iiipassed
04placement30 may 2026hand iiopen
ithe ninety days
into the rack18 february 2026
out of the ninety days19 may 2026
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: 15 minutes. dark time 89 d 23 h 45 min.
positionresting, label up. not turned. no lift inside the ninety days.
probeone, in the alveolus · calibrated 18 january 2026 · drift 0.03 °C over the ninety days
logged byhand iii
iithe reading
readingas recordedtakenby
filltop shoulder · 43 mm below the base of the cork13 february 2026i
fill, second readingagrees with the first13 february 2026iv
fill, as catalogued"base of neck" — the seller's words12 february 2026ii
methodshoulder—i
capsuleone crease 4 mm at the crown13 february 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.13 february 2026i
labelcellar soiling in the lower left quarter, dry13 february 2026i
glass4 bubbles in the wall, largest 2 mm13 february 2026iv
weight1 303 g gross13 february 2026i
colour at the shouldernot assessed. the bottle was not held to the light through the wine.——
seepagenone found at the capsule or the neck13 february 2026i
volumenot measured. it cannot be measured without opening it.——
provenance before 1897not established. see the third column of provenance.——
re-reading after the ninety daysno change from the first sitting19 may 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
0112 february 202601one bottle bought at the winter fine-wine sale, london, lot 1661. the seller's cellar record goes with it.hand ii
0213 february 202601carried in its resting position. the carrier's log reads 791 readings at two-minute intervals, 1 d 2 h 22 min, peak 13.8 °C held 9 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 top shoulder · 43 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
0718 february 202603into the rack. alveolus 6 457.hand iii
0819 may 202603lifted from the rack for the re-read. back in alveolus 6 457 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
1021 may 202604lifted from the rack for the press. back in alveolus 6 457 the same day.hand iii
1104mark no. 201 pressed on the shoulder, facing the label. the report is numbered to it.hand iwitnessed, hand iv
1230 may 202604offered privately, by private treaty. one bottle, one collector.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 1897 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 stated1893 · the domaine, on release1893–1897 · one cellar, unnamed1897 · sold, the winter fine-wine sale, london
as seen herethe seller's cellar record, 1897–2026, dated and continuousthe sale invoice, 12 february 2026the carrier's log, 13 february 2026thirteen plates taken here under raking light
not in our handsnothing before 1897 in any document we holdno cellar temperature record for the years before 1897no photograph of the bottle before it reached this house
vithe alveolus
address6 457 · corridor 01 · face b · row 2 · column 11
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 floor330 mm
distance to the pass-through2.1 m · single depth, one bottle to an alveolus
retrievalnot measured on this bottle. the bay was timed empty at forty-one seconds on the commissioning run of 3 november 2024.
liftedtwice: 19 may 2026 for the re-read at the shoulder, 21 may 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.201
pressed21 may 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. 201
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, 12 february 2026
carrier's log791 readings, 1 d 2 h 22 min
rest log25 920 readings
heldin the file, with the bottle
the term
statusavailable
offeredopenly, by private treaty. one bottle, one collector.
priceon application.
travels with the bottlethis report and the plates
this report is open. the bottle is in alveolus 6 457 and has not been lifted since 21 may 2026.
written byhand i
re-read byhand iv
last line2 september 2026
signed for the house21 may 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.