Le Rocche Malatestiane, is a cooperative  established in 1994 by combining 2 already well established wineries in the region. The co-op gets its name from a line of Rimini rulers, the Malatesti,  whose rule date back to the 11^th  The picture on the label of the “Sigismondo” is that of perhaps the most famous of the Malatesti, Sigismondo Randolfo Malatesti, a ruler in the 1400's who was a military commander as well as a diplomat. Today the cooperative can count on the experience of  12 hundred members and on the produce from approximately 2,240 acres of vinyard.