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Red wine + Clove

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 Red wine Clove
204red wine only 79shared 232clove only Red wine · 283 Clove · 311
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and clove 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

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.

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.

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with red wine and clove

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

Can you swap one for the other?

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

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

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Red wine and clove questions

Do red wine and clove 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 red wine and clove 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 red wine and clove?

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

Can I use clove instead of red wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 204 molecules clove doesn't, and clove has 232 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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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: Red Wine vs Clove. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-clove. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_clove_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Clove},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-clove},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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