Colombo continues to solidify and build on the important role he plays in the Rhone Valley. Since my first meeting with him, he has matured considerably, and is presently making the finest wines of his young career. In the atrocious 1993 vintage, Colombo's talent is admirably displayed as he turned out two successful wines. The 1993 Cornas Les Ruchets is also a sweet, rich, ripe wine with medium to full body, good concentration, a healthy dark ruby color with purple tints, and a long, generous finish. It does not exhibit any of the angular qualities of the 1993 vintage, nor the bitter, astringent tannin or vegetal fruitiness. Bravo! Importer: Langdon Shiverick, Cleveland, OH; tel. (216) 861-6800