Some clients rate Les Vignes as even better than Les Chateaux.

The back nine, where tall pine trees frame verdant fairways and smallish greens, is beautiful. Commencing with relatively open parkland holes, Les Vignes gets prettier and tougher as the round progresses. With great investment in maintenance and a classy clubhouse, this club easily justifies its ranking among the very best in France. Easy walking. Nine miles north-west of Bordeaux centre.

Both courses have huge wine bottles as 150- yard markers with each marker named after the best Medoc vineyards, the wines of which are readily available in the clubhouse.