Bright red cherries, lavendar, thyme, spice box. Ripe cherry palate, some strawberry; juicy and easy drinking. Ercole, "Hercules", is made by a generations-old cooperative of local growers in the Monferrato area of Piedmont. This easy-going Liter sized bottle is meant for sharing juicy fruit with friends with nearly any food. 100% Barbera. Fermented in concrete.