Manu Propria Ex Animo Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
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It glows with black cherries and plums, draped by cedar and a liquid violet-herbs de Provence exquisiteness. Yes, the flavors are delectable but where this becomes awesome—as in we're genuinely awestruck—is in its texture, so supple and silky as to seem tannin-less, the magically floaty silken carpet ride of a finish carrying volume and flavor. A key attribute of this wine that has made it a customer favorite: it is a joy to open now, even to pop and pour, and the 2021 has the best texture of any previous vintage of Manu Propria, so it only ups the ante. You need to get this in your glass!
Over the years, an actual handful of wines have risen to a special category: they sell out rapidly because they are awesome and because you, our loyal customers, know it.
Today's wine typifies this phenomenon. It is one of Washington's best Cabernets, period, one of our favorite wines we've offered every single year since the first release over a decade ago, and has sold out in fewer than 48 hours every single vintage.
By this point, our Manu Propria fans are already busy ordering but for the uninitiated, we can be talking about only one wine: Manu Propria Ex Animo Cabernet Sauvignon, the "personal" label of Mike Macmorran, winemaker for the Mark Ryan empire. Mike makes Manu Propria to honor one of Washington's great growers and vineyards, Mike Sauer's Red Willow Vineyard.
Manu Propria's intensely loyal following among you all appears to have caught on. Forget 48 hours—we just got word that the winery sold out of their allotment this morning in a little over an hour. Never fear, we have a stash so today—now—make sure you are one of the lucky few who has Manu Propria in your glass.
Manu Propria Ex Animo, from the Latin meaning "by my own hand, from the heart," is Mike's statement to honor and celebrate Red Willow Vineyard and the Sauers, a pioneering wine family who planted some of Washington's first Cabernet vines in 1973. -Marcus
MANU PROPRIA is from the Latin meaning, “By my own hand,” and has been used since the middle ages to denote something too important to be entrusted to another. Our logo is based on a medieval woodcut representing a stylized “MP” for Manu Propria, which was used to seal official documents. To the right are the letters “vnm”, an abbreviation of vinum, Latin for wine. Thus, the label reads “Wine by my own hand.”
2013 vintage notes
Mike makes a small amount of Manu Propria—only 135 cases in 2013—and we're the only source in Oregon (and one of the few in the country).
The 2013 opens with aromatic, savory notes of sage, thyme and olive combining with blackberry, cassis and barrel spice. The palate presents with a sweet core of dark fruit flavors and undercurrents of fresh herbs and smoke. The wine finishes with great length and fine-grained Cabernet Sauvignon structure. The 2013 is comprised of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc.
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