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    CONSISTENCY IS KEY

    Oct 07, 2020 3 minutes
    NIGEL HOPKINS

    WHATEVER you think about winemakers putting show results on their labels, it is nonetheless quite impressive to come across a wine shop shelf containing a shiraz with no less than eight gold medals on proud display, two of them either double or blue-gold, and priced at a very modest $16.

    That was for a Taylors 2018 Clare Valley shiraz. So it comes as no surprise at all that Taylors 2018 Aldi Special Release Clare Valley Shiraz (RRP $16) - much the same wine with a little McLaren Vale fruit

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