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Plum + Red wine

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 107 recipes, and they share 118 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together107 recipes
Ranktop 5% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Plum Red wine
263plum only 118shared 165red wine only Plum · 381 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do plum and red wine go together?

Yes. 107 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 118 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 5% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 118 flavor molecules: 42% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and damascenone (apple, rose).

What each one brings

plum

The tartness. Sour notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for red wine. It carries 263 molecules red wine doesn't have.

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 25% for plum. It carries 165 molecules plum doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Pear: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with plum, top 6% with red wine.
  • Apple: top 2% of pairs with plum, top 9% with red wine.
  • Apricot: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 16% with red wine.
  • Blackberry: top 4% of pairs with plum, 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 plum and red wine

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 263 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 165 that plum 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 118 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 263 only in plum and the 165 only in red wine.

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Plum and red wine questions

Do plum and red wine go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 107 recipes, and they share 118 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do plum and red wine taste good together?

They overlap on 118 flavor molecules: 42% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and damascenone (apple, rose).

What goes with plum and red wine?

Pear is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with plum and top 6% with red wine. Apple and apricot also fit both.

Can I use red wine instead of plum?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 263 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 165 that plum 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: Plum vs Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_plum_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Red Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-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.