The Method
A great whisky is not born of passing time. It is born of the decisions that build it.
What we create
Maison Lineti is a Single Malt creation house. We shape each cuvée as a decision: the choice of malt, the conduct of fermentation, the mastery of distillation, the art of maturation, the precision of blending.
Here, technique is not a backstage matter — it is the subject. We explain what we did, why, and how.
Every bottle can be read before the first sip. A theme states the intention. A collection states the territory. A technical reference states the matter. Three keys, one same reading, from one cuvée to the next.
The eight themes
A theme names what the cuvée seeks to provoke, before saying how it gets there. One cuvée, one single theme. It is decided at the final tasting: the finished whisky has the last word.
Daring·The thrill of daring. Powerful, assertive.
The impact of technical choices
Every letter in the reference names a decision, and every decision leaves an identifiable aromatic imprint. Here is the full reading grid.
Distilling
Elegant profile, medium structure, harmonious, pleasant.
Pilsen
Fine profile, elegant, light, floral, delicate.
Vienna
Round, unctuous, almond, caramel, subtle and indulgent.
Munich
Reinforced cereal character, honeyed, gripping, roasted, lightly smoky, structured.
The three collections
Calibre
The foundation. The distillate in its truth, without artifice. This is where it all begins.
Complication
The open laboratory. One technique in full light: fermentation, lees ageing, cold soaking.
Grande Complication
The culmination. Carte blanche across the whole cellar, no compromise, one rule only: excellence.
The nomenclature
Every cuvée has a technical reference, coding in a single line the choices that shaped it.
A hyphen framed by spaces separates the malt and fermentation block from the cask block. The + sign indicates a blend of casks, the > sign a sequential finish.
COMPLICATION N°01 — PC - BRB
52.11% ABV. Pilsen malt (P) for a fine, floral, delicate profile, malolactic fermentation by co-inoculation (C) for a buttery, brioche-like tension, ex-Bourbon cask (BRB) for elegance, cereal and balance. Theme: Intimate.
Your bottle
Every bottle carries a unique number. Enter it to retrieve the full reading of your cuvée: collection, theme, technical reference and the imprint of every decision.
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