2022 The Marigny & Molly Baz Drink This Wine Red-ish

Region: Willamette Valley < Oregon
Grapes: Pinot Noir, Merlot, Gamay
Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic, dry farmed vineyard on volcanic soils with marine sediment; Pinot + Merlot ferment carbonically; Gamay fermented whole cluster; blended and bottled without sulfur and no fining; 150 cases; 12.5% ABV
Winemaker: Andrew Reginald Young

• A crushable, chillable red that's like a raspberry jam, strawberry Jolly Rancher and Swedish fish party in your mouth!
• Collaboration between Oregon’s wine hero, Andy Young (The Marigny) and cook/food writer, Molly Baz
• The call it an “imperfect wine for imperfect people with impeccable taste”
• Joyful and carefree, like summer in the Mediterranean
• Molly + Andrew say: "It’s a joosy-juice as hell, jolly rancher as fuck, taste the rainbow kind of joint with deep red berry flavor, in a playful light-touch kind of way. This is exactly the type of thing you want to be sippin’ on a hot summer's eve, with a platter of cold cuts or a fresh-off-the-grill burga’."

About The Marigny
Andrew Young, the son of a preacher man from New Orleans, started as a musician but later caught the wine bug. This happens a lot in the world of natural wine. In 2007 he immersed himself in Willamette Valley’s natty winemaking scene, then launched The Marigny label (a nod to that neighborhood in the French Quarter known for its live music). All fruit is sourced from friends with old, established sites – an important point, as access to top quality fruit means he doesn’t need to do much in the winery. Bootstrapping things together, he started with a press he rented from a beer store and would use his friend’s meat fridge to cold soak. Things have evolved a tiny bit from there, but Andy intends to keep things simple and small.

About Molly Baz & the Drink This Wine collab
I am first and foremost, a cook. I create easy, cookable, recipes with big flavor and bold personality so that you, the people, can make delicious food in the comfort of your own homes. For me, a huge part of eating well involves the liquid that goes down with it. In this case (and frankly in most cases these days), that liquid is wine.

So I partnered with my good friend and wine idol, Andy Young, of The Marigny, to bring you low intervention wines created specifically with the intention of pairing them with my food.

We created a line of wines that share the same boldness of flavor, brightness and freshness that my food does. This is wine for eating. It's wine for chilling. It's casual and unfussy and perfect any time of day. Absolutely no judgment here if breakfast wine is your thing.