Tatty Bogler is Forrest Wines' Waitaki Valley range, drawing Pinot Gris from one of New Zealand's most extreme viticultural zones, roughly 40 km inland in North Otago and flanked by limestone escarpments and alpine ranges. Cool nights and stony, free-draining soils of limestone and river gravels yield fruit of intense aromatic clarity and a distinctive mineral structure. The marginal, cool climate keeps crops low and naturally acidic. In 2024 the vineyard produced concentrated, aromatic Pinot Gris fruit, carrying the honeysuckle, spice and stone-fruit character and the chalky mineral grip for which the site is known. The label honours the region's rugged, pioneering character.

The 2024 fruit was split between stainless steel and seasoned French oak barriques, roughly half and half, and given around three months on lees to build texture and palate shape. The stainless-steel portion preserves the wine's bright honeysuckle, white-melon and baking-spice aromatics and its natural acid line, while the barrique-fermented fraction and lees contact add creaminess and a fuller mid-palate. Malolactic was managed to retain freshness, and no new oak character intrudes. The finished wine, at 13.5 per cent alcohol with around 6.2 g/L total acidity and a pH near 3.4, shows apricot, ripe pear and quince over a creamy, chalky, mineral-driven structure – supple yet structured.