Grey Goose Essences White Peach & Rosemary Flavored Vodka

Grey Goose is made in France, and the Essences line takes that wheat-based spirit and infuses it with natural fruit and botanical essences rather than added sugar. This bottling pairs juicy white peach with rosemary, a combination that deliberately balances soft fruit against a tart, herbal edge so the drink never tips into dessert territory. Bottling at 30 percent rather than the usual 40 is part of the design too: it keeps the spirit light and easy to lengthen, which is how the Essences range is meant to be used.

The nose leads with ripe white peach over fresh herbal notes and a clear thread of rosemary. The palate is light and smooth, with juicy peach fruit, that herbal freshness and a clean vodka base underneath, finishing fresh and gently herbal. With the lower strength and the savoury rosemary already built in, it almost asks to be a spritz: build it long over ice with chilled soda and a sprig of rosemary you have clapped between your palms first, which wakes up the oils and echoes the herb already in the glass.