Stefano Calatroni

The Path

At Calatroni Vini in Montecalvo Versiggia, the cellar and the market sit under the same set of decisions when Stefano Calatroni holds both ownership and sales management. That arrangement points to a working method shaped by production realities and commercial discipline, with the wines judged as much by how they are made as by how they are placed.

The Work Today

Ownership and sales management give Stefano Calatroni a view of the wines that is both internal and outward-facing. In the house language around Mon Carul, the name is treated as part of the wine’s structure, tied to place and history rather than used as decoration: “We call it Mon Carul, both terms indicate the mountain, the former in Latin, the latter in the ancient dialect of the Ligurian tribes.” The style preference is explicit: colour extraction matters, but it does not lead the work. For Stefano Calatroni, finesse sets the order of priorities, and the cellar decisions follow that hierarchy. “The extraction of colour is important, but comes as a secondary goal, for us finesse is more important.” Before pressing, the fruit is handled with temperature control rather than force: “The grapes are brought to very low temperatures, we always chill the grapes before pressing them.” The procedure is straightforward, but it signals a cellar built on restraint and exact timing. On Riesling, the approach is organized around a fixed base and a clear internal logic. “We always work on a base Riesling, the Campo Dottore, and a Riserva.” The phrasing is plain, but it shows a method that returns to the same anchors and keeps the category legible from one wine to the next.

Career - Owner and sales manager — Calatroni Vini

Signature

Stefano's signature wines include Pinot 64 Brut, NorEma Pas Dosé Vintage 2014, Riesling Campo Dottore, Poggio del Duca, and Riva Rinetti. Taken together, the names suggest a cellar attentive to both variation and identity, with each bottle carrying its own register while remaining within the same disciplined world.

In Their Words “We call it Mon Carul, both terms indicate the mountain, the former in Latin, the latter in the ancient dialect of the Ligurian tribes.” “The extraction of colour is important, but comes as a secondary goal, for us finesse is more important.”

Acclaim

The clearest recognition attached to Calatroni is the current proprietorial and commercial responsibility at Calatroni Vini, where Stefano’s public role combines ownership with sales.

FAQ What is Stefano Calatroni best known for today? He is best known as owner and sales manager of the winery.