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Red wine + Plum

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 Red wine Plum
165red wine only 118shared 263plum only Red wine · 283 Plum · 381
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and plum 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

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.

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.

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with red wine and plum

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

Can you swap one for the other?

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

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

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Red wine and plum questions

Do red wine and plum 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 red wine and plum 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 red wine and plum?

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

Can I use plum instead of red wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 165 molecules plum doesn't, and plum has 263 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 Plum. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-plum. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_plum_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Plum},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-plum},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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