Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Sweet Bordeaux

Analysing hundreds of thousands of recipes uncovers sweet Bordeaux's optimal flavour pairings.

Sweet Bordeaux conjure the evocative embrace of apricot and the bracing kiss of sugar, woven with delicate hints of caramel, honey, and peach that give it remarkable depth. The key to a remarkable synergy lies in knowing how these notes harmonise and interact.

To illuminate these harmonies, we embarked on an ambitious journey, analysing thousands of ingredients. Each was meticulously deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, allowing us to pinpoint precisely which notes complement in both classic and unexpected ways. Our analysis reveals, for example, how cardamom's eucalyptol tones awaken sweet Bordeaux, and how whipping cream's lacteal notes create a surprising synergy with its delicate sweetness.

An ingredient's flavour stems from its core characteristics, such as nectarous, floral, or spice, combined with layers of subtle flavour notes (outer bars). For a balanced dish, pair ingredients with a variety of core flavours, and choose complementary aroma notes for harmony.

The Flavour Code

To understand how flavour notes harmonise, we analysed more than 50,000 popular ingredient combinations. By exploring these pairings, we identified specific flavour notes that frequently occur together, indicating they share a harmonious relationship.

The Flavours That Harmonise With Apricot Notes

Our analysis reveals a strong connection between apricot and milk flavours. Since sweet Bordeaux has a distinct apricot flavour, try pairing it with the milky flavours of whipping cream.

The recipes below provide inspiration for pairing sweet Bordeaux with whipping cream.

Harmonious Flavours Of Sweet Bordeaux

Just as our analysis revealed that apricot and milky flavour notes combine harmoniously, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavours present in sweet Bordeaux. E.g. the sugary flavours of sweet Bordeaux are often used with tea-like and astringent accents.

The aroma accents complementary to the various accents of sweet Bordeaux can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of cardamom offers many of the aromas complementary to sweet Bordeaux, including eucalyptus and grapefruit notes. Because the flavour profile of cardamom has many of the of the features that are complementary to sweet Bordeaux, they are likely to pair very well together.

The chart above shows the unique profile of cardamom across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with sweet Bordeaux.

Recipes That Pair Sweet Bordeaux With Cardamom

Linked Flavour Notes

Looking at the aroma notes that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of sweet Bordeaux, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of sweet Bordeaux, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the aroma accents complementary to sweet Bordeaux.

Which Fruit Go With Sweet Bordeaux?

Choose fruit that ground its sweetness or ground its clean sweetness. Blood orange and clementine offer vibrant, clean counterpoints, their verdant freshness lifting the palate. Orange blossom honey add a gentle, oniony brightness, while lemon introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace fruit that harmonise with sweet Bordeaux's sweetness. The addition of orange, with its subtle aurantium notes, can complement the fig beautifully, while coconut lends a crisp aroma.

How Flavonomics Works

We've pioneered a unique, data-driven approach to decode the intricate art of flavour pairing. Our goal is to move beyond intuition and uncover the science of why certain ingredients harmonise beautifully. This rigorous methodology allows us to provide you with insightful and reliable pairing recommendations.

Our analysis begins with over 50,000 carefully selected recipes from acclaimed chefs like Galton Blackiston, Marcello Tully, and Pierre Lambinon. This premium dataset ensures our model distils genuine culinary excellence and creativity.

Each ingredient from these recipes is deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, creating a unique numerical "flavour fingerprint." This quantification allows us to apply advanced analytical methods to identify complex patterns between flavour notes.

We identify popular ingredient combinations that frequently appear in our recipe database. Regression analysis is then performed on these pairings to statistically validate and pinpoint truly harmonious flavours.

These insights drive our predictive model, which allows us to take any ingredient (e.g., Sweet Bordeaux), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.