Taylors Special Release Chardonnay 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Taylors Special Release Chardonnay 2023
$15, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills/Clare Valley.

This is exclusive to Aldi stores. It’s not promoted as being “buttery” or “rich” and indeed, on the Aldi website, it’s described as “fresh and elegant”. It is fresh and it does resemble elegance, but it also has a pear-peach-honey-toast richness that I suspect would appeal to those seeking a bit of extra flavour in their chardonnay. Personally I’d take this over the Woods Crampton Buttery Chardonnay (because it’s a better quality wine) though, in saying that, I respect that it’s $3 more expensive. What I’m saying is that this Taylors Special Release Chardonnay is excellent value, and better than many $20+ chardonnays.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both The Winefront site (founded in 2002, and the home of Australia’s best Australian wine reviews) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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