The herbal combination is based on the original Contratto recipe from 1910 ingredients, based upon white wine (Cortese), cane sugar, Italian brandy, water and more than 50 different herbs and spices,. These include: mint, ginger, nettle, wormwood, hibiscus flower, rhubarb, carob tree, sage, juniper berry, lemon peel, clover, nutmeg, liquorice, angelica, cinnamon, coriander, sandalwood and elderberry.