Terra Sancta Aperitivo Botanical is made on a base of Central Otago Pinot Gris wine, infused with a secret blend of 16 botanicals including kanuka, horopito, rosehip, elderberry, yarrow, thyme, sage, hawthorn, and artichoke — all foraged from the estate, the surrounding Bannockburn landscape, or the banks of the Kawarau River. The botanicals are dried and extracted at the winery before being combined with the base wine to produce an aperitivo with a naturally complex, bitter-sweet profile. No artificial colour is added — the warm amber tone is derived entirely from the botanical infusion. The finished aperitivo is bottled at low strength with a refreshing, Aperol-adjacent bitter orange and herbal character.

Terra Sancta Estate is a Central Otago winery situated in Bannockburn — one of the driest, most sun-intense subregions of Central Otago in New Zealand's South Island. Terra Sancta is known for its Pinot Noir and aromatic white varieties grown in the schist soils and continental climate of the Cromwell Basin. The Aperitivo Botanical is described by Terra Sancta as New Zealand's first artisanal wine-based botanical aperitivo. The product grew from a lengthy process of foraging and trialling more than 30 medicinal and flavourful flowers, fruits, bark, leaves, roots, and seeds from the Bannockburn vineyards and the banks of the Kawarau River before a final recipe of 16 botanicals was settled in December 2019.