CRAFTING ELEVATION
A VIRTUOSO,
A PASSION, A MISSION
REGIS CAMUS, THE 8-TIME WINNER OF THE TITLE
IWC ‘WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR’
WINNER,BROUGHT THE ART OF ASSEMBLAGE TO JAPANESE SAKE
HIS RESPECTFUL AMBITION WAS TO COMPOSE UNIQUE SAKES SHOWCASING THE POWER OF ASSEMBLAGE,
WHILE HONOURING THE MAGNIFICENT HERITAGE OF JAPANESE SAKE MAKING
HE QUESTION HE SET OUT TO ANSWER WAS WHETHER ASSEMBLAGE
COULD UNLOCK NEW HARMONIES IN JAPAN'S ANCIENT CRAFT.
IF EAST AND WEST COULD CREATE SOMETHING NEW HE COULD ACHIEVE ALONE
HEAVENSAKE WAS BORN FROM THIS CURIOSITY
THAT BUILDS A BRIDGE BETWEEN CULTURES.
TODAY MANY BREWERIES HAVE JOINED THE ASSEMBLAGE MOVEMENT WITH
REGIS BEING HAILED BY THE GREATEST NAMES OF THE INDUSTRY
FOR HIS INVALUABLE IMPACT
THE ART OF
ASSEMBLAGE
CHAMPAGNE-MAKING INVOLVES THE METICULOUS BLENDING OF
DIFFERENT WINES TO COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER IN A PROCESS
KNOWN AS “ASSEMBLAGE”.
WHEN APPLIED TO SAKE, THIS TECHNIQUE RESULTS IN A MORE
BALANCED AND LAYERED DRINKING EXPERIENCE REMINISCENT
OF THE BEST WINES.
REGIS CAMUS, USES HIS UNIQUE PROWESS WHEN CREATING
HEAVENSAKE EXPRESSIONS, COMBINING VARIOUS SAKE TO BRING
OUT NEW FLAVORS AND FRAGRANCES.
REGIS LIKENS ASSEMBLAGE TO MUSIC, WHEREBY DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS ARE HARMONIOUSLY LAYERED TO CREATE
ENCHANTING COMPOSITIONS.
HIS METHOD ENSURES THE RIGHT BALANCE OF NOSE, TASTE,
MOUTHFEEL AND LENGTH
BORN FROM REVERENCE
- MASTER BLENDER, HEAVENSAKE
- REGIS CAMUS
"MY CONNECTION WITH JAPAN STEMS FROM MY TIMES
AS THE CELLAR MASTER OF RARE CHAMPAGNE
AND THE HEIDSICK MAISON."
CREATING SAKE THROUGH ASSEMBLAGE IS LIKE COMPOSING A SYMPHONY - COMBINING ELEMENTS TO REVEAL SOMETHING GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS. I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TOJI MASTERS OF THE BREWERIES TO CRAFT BLENDS THAT EXPRESS ELEVATION, ELEGANCE, AND A CERTAIN JOIE DE VIVRE. THE PROCESS IS A TRUE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE BREW MASTERS AND MYSELF. A DANCE BETWEEN RESPECT, PASSION, AND CREATION LEADING TO A MOMENT OF BLISS WHERE WE KNOW WE FOUND THE PERFECT ASSEMBLAGE THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THE BREWERY AND THE SOUL OF HEAVENSAKE
