Anomaly

Anomaly Vineyards is located at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains in California's Napa Valley in the small historic town of St. Helena (current population 6,000). Anomaly specializes in the production of the highest-quality Cabernet Sauvignon. The first vintage of Anomaly was harvested in 1997 and made by "budding garagistas." Buoyed by the praise of their 1997 vintage, they embarked on the journey of obtaining a permit to produce Cabernet Sauvignon by building a small winery adjacent to the tiny 6-row vineyard. In the fall of 2000, a hard-fought battle with the City was won, and they secured a permit to build a stone winery replete with a 2,400 square foot underground cave.

Anomaly's first release consisted of 300 cases and sold out immediately. As the vineyards matured, the increased availability of grapes allowed them to gradually produce more wine (depending, of course, upon weather).

Three vineyards surround the winery. The 2001 vintage was made entirely from the grapes grown on the two small vineyards immediately adjacent. In October 2000, five more acres of prime Cabernet land were purchased, right next to the existing vineyards. Vineyard manager Doug Wight oversaw the planting of Cabernet, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot vines in the Spring of 2001.

The final two acres are now in production, allowing Anomaly to harvest grapes from a total of eight acres representing four different Cabernet clones, 2 Petit Verdot clones and one variety of Cabernet Franc.

The 2007 vintage was released to mailing list customers in late February 2010, and all previous vintages have sold out.