Anne Malassagne

The Path

At Champagne A.R. Lenoble, leadership has come through Anne Malassagne in both operational and ownership roles. As former CEO and head of Champagne House at Champagne AR Lenoble, she built her position through close work with the maison’s rhythm, learning the discipline that fine Champagne requires while helping steer its direction. That experience remains the backbone of her current role as co-owner of Champagne A.R. Lenoble and founder and host of Expérience Champagne, where continuity and house identity stay central.

The Work Today

At Champagne A.R. Lenoble, Anne Malassagne works with a style that is measured, specific, and open to form. Her developing a unique and playful multisensory tasting method signals an approach that treats tasting as a full sensory exercise, not only a technical one. In that frame, Champagne is handled as something to be read through texture, rhythm, and attention, with precision kept intact even as convention is stretched.

Signature

Anne's signature dishes include Cuvée Gentilhomme and Rosé Millésimé 2006. Together, they show how Champagne can carry distinct expression without leaving the structure of the category, with named cuvées doing the work of style and house identity.

In Their Words “As a young woman with no prior experience in viticulture or enology, I embarked on an entirely empirical journey, developing a unique and playful multisensory tasting method.” “Yes. I like to prepare a risotto with porcini mushrooms, mascarpone, and Parmesan crisps.”

Acclaim

Anne Malassagne’s own account of developing a unique and playful multisensory tasting method places technique ahead of theory and experimentation ahead of inherited certainty. The quote stands as the clearest recognition of her method: empirical, sensorial, and built outside prior formal experience in viticulture or enology.