Cocchi Americano represents the relationship between wine and liqueur. It is essentially wine plus a small amount of alcohol that has been bittered ("amaricato") by the infusion of precious herbs and spices. Its ingredients are white wine, sugar, herbs, and spices, specifically gentian flowers and leaves, Artemisia, Cinchona, bitter orange peel, elderflower, and others. To produce Cocchi Americano, the white wine is flavored with extracts obtained by cold infusion in alcohol and then refined to balance the aromas and flavors of the spices.