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How to distinguish "good taste" vs "opinionated" though?

If you can articulate why certain code is better with convincing justifications, I would say that's "good taste". Coding styles are often examples of these.

But if you can't articulate or don't have a convincing reasoning for preferring certain coding patterns, isn't it just "opinionated"?

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I think good taste and opinionated aren't quite the same thing but you do need to have some opinions to have good taste, it's almost like a precursor. Good taste then comes from knowing which of your opinions you're optimising for in the current situation and which of your opinions are either not relevant or perhaps the situation is not suitable or ready for them.

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