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Red wine + Rosemary

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 320 recipes, and they share 84 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together320 recipes
Ranktop 7% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Red wine Rosemary
199red wine only 84shared 262rosemary only Red wine · 283 Rosemary · 346
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and rosemary go together?

Yes. 320 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 84 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 84 flavor molecules: 30% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy).

What each one brings

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for rosemary. It carries 199 molecules rosemary doesn't have.

rosemary

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 4% for red wine. It carries 262 molecules red wine doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Thyme: the best fit for both, top 9% of pairs with red wine, top 1% with rosemary.
  • Oregano: top 15% of pairs with red wine, top 1% with rosemary.
  • Sage: top 17% of pairs with red wine, top 1% with rosemary.
  • Marjoram: top 17% of pairs with red wine, top 1% with rosemary.

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

Recipes with red wine and rosemary

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 199 molecules rosemary doesn't, and rosemary has 262 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 84 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 199 only in red wine and the 262 only in rosemary.

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Red wine and rosemary questions

Do red wine and rosemary go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 320 recipes, and they share 84 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do red wine and rosemary taste good together?

They overlap on 84 flavor molecules: 30% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy).

What goes with red wine and rosemary?

Thyme is the best third ingredient: top 9% of pairs with red wine and top 1% with rosemary. Oregano and sage also fit both.

Can I use rosemary instead of red wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 199 molecules rosemary doesn't, and rosemary has 262 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.

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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 Rosemary. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-rosemary. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_rosemary_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Rosemary},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-rosemary},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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