Marisa Bacher grew up in Valsesia in northern Piedmont. Her family raised cows next to one of the Alps’ highest peaks, Monte Rosa. In 2016, she had a calling to make wine and made her way south to Barolo, where she worked for the very underrated and incredibly kind winemaker, Mario Fontana at Cascina Fontana in Castiglione Faletto.

In 2020, when a 1-hectare plot of 60-year-old heirloom Dolcetto and Barbera in Monforte d’Alba came up for rent, she jumped on the opportunity, and Rosso Bacher was born. That first year she made just 200 bottles of wine while still working at Cascina Fontana.

The wines are farmed and raised organically with minimal intervention. These are wines of elegance and finesse, rather than power and austerity.

Right now, she produces just three wines in miniscule quantities. I feel so lucky to be catching this rising star on her way up!

Dolcetto (Rosso Bacher)
100% Dolcetto from a 60-year-old vineyard called Montà at 480m above sea level.  The soil is fossil-rich Marne di Sant’Agata (10 million years old) characterized by sand, limestone, silt, and clay. The grapes are destemmed and fermented in concrete tanks with a 13-day maceration. The wine is then aged in cement for seven months. 2500 bottles produced.

Barbera
100% Barbera from a 60-year-old vineyard called Montà at 480m above sea level. The soil is fossil-rich Marne di Sant’Agata (10 million years old) characterized by sand, limestone, silt, and clay. The grapes are destemmed and fermented in concrete tanks with a 13-day maceration. The wine is then aged in cement for eight months with 40% of the wine aged in three-year-old barriques for two months. 2200 bottles produced.

Langhe Nebbiolo
95% Nebbiolo and 5% Barbera from a vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba at 280m above sea level. The soil is fossil-rich Marne di Sant’Agata (10 million years old) characterized by sand, limestone, silt, and clay. The grapes are destemmed and fermented in concrete tanks with a 10-day maceration. The wine is then aged in cement for eight months. 5000 bottles produced.