Definitely French in general, though I do like a good number of CA wines. It's most easily stated as a dislike rather than a like, though: I really dislike how fruit forward so many CA wines are, they're just fruit and more fruit, usually cherry on those I don't like. On the like side, though, I do love big, hearty, leathery, barn-yard-y, vegetal and even a bit tannic wines and the French just seem to have a much better balance leaning toward that side for me. [On the other hand, Spanish, Italian, Chilean, and Argentinean often hit on many of those notes with a good balance and come in cheaper than the French, but you didn't ask about those regions (yet).] As I mentioned, some of the wineries on the CA side do make some extremely fine products as well, such as Phoenix Vineyards (their Blood of Jupiter Sangiovese is quite delightful and stacks up with many of the Italian Sans I've had but comes in cheaper than its imported cousins, its fruit is very present but doesn't overbalance the other notes).
