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Red wine + Cinnamon

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 Red wine Cinnamon
197red wine only 86shared 238cinnamon only Red wine · 283 Cinnamon · 324
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and cinnamon 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

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.

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.

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with red wine and cinnamon

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 197 molecules cinnamon doesn't, and cinnamon has 238 that red 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 86 shared molecules

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

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Red wine and cinnamon questions

Do red wine and cinnamon 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 red wine and cinnamon 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 red wine and cinnamon?

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

Can I use cinnamon instead of red wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 197 molecules cinnamon doesn't, and cinnamon has 238 that red 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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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: Red Wine vs Cinnamon. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-cinnamon. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_cinnamon_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Cinnamon},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-cinnamon},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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