California Wine Advisors

Beautifully front-loaded with ripe fruit flavors and creamy oak. Rich and decadent with a luxuriously milk chocolatey texture. An absolute crowd-pleaser. Ready to enjoy now, but will continue to thrill 5-7 years.

Jammy, big, and unapologetically fun, this is a bold crowd-pleaser that delivers immediate gratification. Waves of blueberry jam coat the palate, framed by plush tannins and notes of milk chocolate, Toblerone, and coconut-cream. There’s an elegant lift beneath the richness with bright pomegranate, a touch of olive, and gentle spice keeping everything lively and well-structured....

Opaque purple in the glass, the Turnbull Reserve 2021 offers an alluring bouquet loaded with black cherry, spice box, and rich blackberry. The sumptuous palate builds on these with blueberry, cedar, and hints of Montecristo cigar in a gorgeous, mouthcoating fashion. This is a full-throttle Cab winner and is best after decanting (if popping the...

Coming from four of the top Cabernet sites in Napa, the 2018 Vice Versa is a triumph. This hedonistic Cabernet experience launches with dark chocolate brownie, vanilla bean and black cherry. Voluptuous waves of black currant, pipe tobacco, baking spice, and a velvetty smooth mouthfeel culminate in was is easily a 45 second finish. Once...

Wow! This is a supremely delicious example of the heights that can be achieved when one of Napa’s most celebrated winemakers has his way with the best Zinfandel vineyard in America. The bouquet is resplendent with celestial aromas of smoked duck, Provencal herbs, dark chocolate and spicy cherries. French oak provides a hedonistically creamy texture...

Wow! This is exactly what we always dream Zinfandel will taste like plus a delightful example of the heights that can be achieved when one of Napa’s most celebrated winemakers has his way with the best Zinfandel vineyard in America. The bouquet is resplendent with celestial aromas of smoked duck, Provencal herbs, dark chocolate and...

A delicious game-changer for this under-the-radar winery, our first sample of the new 100% Cabernet by Zeitgeist features a silky smooth texture and sublime notes of currant, raspberry, black cherry, and plum with intriguing notes of espresso bean and creamy caramel. An impressive debut effort, the bold flavors are deftly balanced with plush tannins and...

The deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Accendo Laurea Cabernet Sauvignon delivers expressive notes of blueberries, preserved plums and chocolate-covered cherries with hints of baking spices, cigar box and graham crackers on the finish. Full-bodied with a firm frame of ripe, grainy tannins and a refreshing line, it has a fantastic core of expressive fruit, creamy vanilla...

Another majestic beauty from Napa’s widely acclaimed 2019 vintage, the 2019 Addax Cabernet is a blend of coveted vineyard sources, traditionally double the price when bottled separately. This gem displays a silky texture, gorgeous fruit and hints of milk chocolate and baking spices on the prodigious finish. The glorious palate includes minty tobacco, black cherry,...

Adversity’s Sage Ridge vineyard Cabernet is an ULTRA-flashy new discovery that impresses with a bounty of sultry dark fruit flavors and roasted herbs such as tarragon and, well ‘sage.’ The deeply alluring mid-palate offers a luxuriously rich experience featuring a juicy plums, blackberries, cedar, exotic spices, graphite and notes of Cohiba. This is a supremely...