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Clove + White wine

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,715 recipes, and they share 91 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together1,715 recipes
Ranktop 14% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Clove White wine
220clove only 91shared 218white wine only Clove · 311 White wine · 309
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do clove and white wine go together?

Yes. 1,715 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 91 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 14% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 91 flavor molecules: 29% of white wine's 309. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

What each one brings

clove

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for white wine. It carries 220 molecules white wine doesn't have.

white wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 37% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 17% for clove. It carries 218 molecules clove doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Allspice: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with clove, top 18% with white wine.
  • Cinnamon: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 20% with white wine.
  • Thyme: top 2% of pairs with clove, top 9% with white wine.
  • Nutmeg: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 17% with white wine.

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

Recipes with clove and white wine

We have no browsable recipe that lists both clove and white wine.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: clove has 220 molecules white wine doesn't, and white wine has 218 that clove 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 91 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 220 only in clove and the 218 only in white wine.

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Clove and white wine questions

Do clove and white wine go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,715 recipes, and they share 91 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do clove and white wine taste good together?

They overlap on 91 flavor molecules: 29% of white wine's 309. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

What goes with clove and white wine?

Allspice is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with clove and top 18% with white wine. Cinnamon and thyme also fit both.

Can I use white wine instead of clove?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: clove has 220 molecules white wine doesn't, and white wine has 218 that clove 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: Clove vs White Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-white-wine. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_clove_vs_white_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Clove vs White Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-white-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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