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White wine + Clove

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 White wine Clove
218white wine only 91shared 220clove only White wine · 309 Clove · 311
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do white wine and clove 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

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.

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.

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with white wine and clove

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

Can you swap one for the other?

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

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White wine and clove questions

Do white wine and clove 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 white wine and clove 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 white wine and clove?

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

Can I use clove instead of white wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: white wine has 218 molecules clove doesn't, and clove has 220 that white wine 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: White Wine vs Clove. https://compkitchen.com/compare/white-wine-vs-clove. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_white_wine_vs_clove_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: White Wine vs Clove},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/white-wine-vs-clove},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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