Weekend Wine Notes: 21 California Chardonnays, The Good, the Bad, and the Rest of It

A raft of chardonnays here from the Golden State, ranging geographically from Santa Barbara County in the south to Sonoma Coast in the

north. They're mainly from 2011 and 2012, with one from 2013. I offer a $10 product so good that you should buy it by the case, which I don't often say about chardonnay, and reject some models that cost $65 and $70. I mea…