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Cinnamon + Red wine

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 312 recipes, and they share 86 flavor molecules: the top 18% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together312 recipes
Ranktop 18% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Cinnamon Red wine
238cinnamon only 86shared 197red wine only Cinnamon · 324 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do cinnamon and red wine go together?

Yes. 312 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 86 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 18% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 86 flavor molecules: 30% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

What each one brings

cinnamon

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 4% for red wine. It carries 238 molecules red wine doesn't have.

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for cinnamon. It carries 197 molecules cinnamon doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Clove: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 8% with red wine.
  • Nutmeg: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 22% with red wine.
  • Star anise: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 16% with red wine.
  • Plum: top 5% of pairs with cinnamon, top 5% with red wine.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with cinnamon and red wine

We have no browsable recipe that lists both cinnamon and red wine.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cinnamon has 238 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 197 that cinnamon doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 86 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 238 only in cinnamon and the 197 only in red wine.

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Cinnamon and red wine questions

Do cinnamon and red wine go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 312 recipes, and they share 86 flavor molecules: the top 18% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do cinnamon and red wine taste good together?

They overlap on 86 flavor molecules: 30% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

What goes with cinnamon and red wine?

Clove is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon and top 8% with red wine. Nutmeg and star anise also fit both.

Can I use red wine instead of cinnamon?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cinnamon has 238 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 197 that cinnamon doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Cinnamon vs Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cinnamon_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Cinnamon vs Red Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-red-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.