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Shipwreck Chateau Latour–Or Not?

Is it, or isn’t it, an 1870’s Chateau Latour? The bottle is one of 12 salvaged from a shipwreck of the Liverpool liner SS Dakota, which sank 121 years ago. While the labels have long since vanished, the ship’s manifest lists 120 bottles of Domaine de la Tour. But wine consultant Peter Hopkins says there’s no definitive way of knowing if this is one is a Chateau Latour. If a buyer believes it is, the bottle may sell for as much as $24,000 at an auction next week in Cheshire, England. If not, its value is closer to $395.