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White wine + Apricot

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 106 recipes, and they share 134 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together106 recipes
Ranktop 11% of pairs
175white wine only 134shared 248apricot only White wine · 309 Apricot · 382
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do white wine and apricot go together?

Yes. 106 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 134 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 134 flavor molecules: 43% of white wine's 309. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

What each one brings

white wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 37% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 23% for apricot. It carries 175 molecules apricot doesn't have.

apricot

The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 10% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for white wine. It carries 248 molecules white wine doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Plum: the best fit for both, top 8% of pairs with white wine, top 1% with apricot.
  • Peach: top 12% of pairs with white wine, top 1% with apricot.
  • Apple: top 8% of pairs with white wine, top 2% with apricot.
  • Pear: top 11% of pairs with white wine, top 1% with apricot.

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

Recipes with white wine and apricot

We have no browsable recipe that lists both white wine and apricot.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: white wine has 175 molecules apricot doesn't, and apricot has 248 that white 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 134 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 175 only in white wine and the 248 only in apricot.

White wine and apricot questions

Do white wine and apricot go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 106 recipes, and they share 134 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do white wine and apricot taste good together?

They overlap on 134 flavor molecules: 43% of white wine's 309. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

What goes with white wine and apricot?

Plum is the best third ingredient: top 8% of pairs with white wine and top 1% with apricot. Peach and apple also fit both.

Can I use apricot instead of white wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: white wine has 175 molecules apricot doesn't, and apricot has 248 that white 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: White Wine vs Apricot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/white-wine-vs-apricot. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_white_wine_vs_apricot_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: White Wine vs Apricot},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/white-wine-vs-apricot},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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