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Clove + Red wine

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 849 recipes, and they share 79 flavor molecules: the top 8% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together849 recipes
Ranktop 8% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Clove Red wine
232clove only 79shared 204red wine only Clove · 311 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do clove and red wine go together?

Yes. 849 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 79 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 8% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 79 flavor molecules: 28% of red wine's 283. 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 4% for red wine. It carries 232 molecules red wine doesn't have.

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 17% for clove. It carries 204 molecules clove doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with clove, top 18% with red wine.
  • Rosemary: top 3% of pairs with clove, top 7% with red wine.
  • Allspice: top 1% of pairs with clove, top 20% with red wine.
  • Thyme: top 2% of pairs with clove, top 9% with red wine.

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

Recipes with clove and red wine

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: clove has 232 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 204 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 79 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 232 only in clove and the 204 only in red wine.

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Clove and red wine questions

Do clove and red wine go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 849 recipes, and they share 79 flavor molecules: the top 8% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do clove and red wine taste good together?

They overlap on 79 flavor molecules: 28% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

What goes with clove and red wine?

Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with clove and top 18% with red wine. Rosemary and allspice also fit both.

Can I use red wine instead of clove?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: clove has 232 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 204 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 Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_clove_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Clove vs Red Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/clove-vs-red-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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