Quick Facts
- Brand: Grey Goose
- Type: Grain-based vodka (French winter wheat)
- Distilled in: Picardy, France
- ABV: 40% (80 proof)
- Created by: François Thibault, 1997
Grey Goose has been the default answer to “what is a premium vodka” in American bars for nearly three decades, which is exactly the kind of reputation worth checking against people who taste for a living.
Here is how this page works. We aggregate what independent reviewers scored it, in their words and under their names. We do not add our own tasting notes. Saucey sells this bottle, so our opinion of how it tastes is worth exactly nothing to you.
A correction to an earlier version of this page: it included a Saucey rating of 5/5 in the critic table and folded that into the average, which pushed the aggregate to 86. Scoring our own inventory inside a table of independent reviews is not a defensible thing to do, so it has been removed. The three-critic average is 81.
Last verified September 2026 against the published reviews linked below.
Aggregate critic score: 81/100
| Source | Score | Their take, summarized |
|---|---|---|
| Drinkhacker | 90 | The high mark. Rates it highly on approachability and consistency. |
| The Rum Howler Blog | 86.5 | Broadly positive, emphasising batch-to-batch consistency. |
| Honest Booze Reviews | 67 | The dissent, on value rather than quality: “not worth the price tag.” |
Original scales: Drinkhacker 9/10, The Rum Howler 86.5/100, Honest Booze Reviews 46.72/70.
What the disagreement is actually about
Not quality. All three reviewers rate the production consistency well. The 67 is a judgment about price, not about what is in the bottle.
Vodka is the category where this argument is hardest to settle, because the spirit is defined by neutrality. There is less to distinguish than in whisky, so more of the price sits in the brand, the bottle and the distribution. That is not a criticism, it is just what you are buying, and whether it is worth it depends on how much of your decision is the bottle on the bar.
Prices vary widely by state, so we do not print one here. Compare it against what a comparable vodka costs at your address and decide from there.
Extra notes
- Distilled five times from French winter wheat, blended with limestone-filtered water from Gensac-la-Pallue.
- Created by François Thibault, a maître de chai from the Cognac region.
- Several reviewers note that presentation and marketing shape perception of this bottle more than most, which is worth factoring in when you read any review of it, including this one.
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