La Piazza Del Villaggio Ristorante
Serious Italian Cellar at 9,500 Feet
Mountain Village · Mountain Village · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 7, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at La Piazza lands like a quiet flex — you're sitting outside in Sunset Plaza, the San Sophia peaks are doing their thing in the background, and someone hands you a list anchored by Sassicaia, Ornellaia, and Giacomo Conterno Barolo. This is not a resort town afterthought. Someone here actually cares.
Selection Deep Dive
The list is unapologetically Italian and deeply so — Tuscany and Piedmont carry the weight, and they carry it well. You've got the full Super Tuscan murderers' row: Sassicaia from Tenuta San Guido, Ornellaia, Tignanello from Antinori, all present and accounted for. Piedmont gets serious treatment too, with Barolo from both Giacomo Conterno and Bruno Giacosa — two of the most important names in the appellation. Throw in Biondi-Santi Brunello and Allegrini Amarone and you've got a list that Wine Spectator has recognized with a Best of Award of Excellence every year since 2012, and you understand why.
By the Glass
The by-the-glass program runs 12 to 20 options, which is a solid spread for a mountain resort restaurant. We'd expect the pours to skew Italian given the list's DNA, and in a room this serious about Tuscany and Piedmont, even a modest pour should be interesting. Rotation details weren't available, but with a cellar this calibrated, the glass options likely hold their own.
Castello di Ama Chianti Classico — $45–$65
In a list that runs deep into triple-digit territory, the Castello di Ama Chianti Classico represents one of the few spots where you can access a genuinely great Tuscan producer without the resort markup hitting you in the face. This is serious Chianti from one of the appellation's most consistent estates — not a consolation prize.
Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella
Everyone tunnels straight to the Super Tuscans and the Barolos, which means the Allegrini Amarone gets overlooked. That's a mistake. Allegrini is one of Valpolicella's best producers and Amarone is one of Italy's most singular wines — dense, concentrated, nothing else tastes like it. Order this while everyone else is fighting over the Tignanello.
Ornellaia
Ornellaia is a genuinely great wine — we're not disputing that. But at a destination resort in Colorado, you're almost certainly looking at a 3.5x to 4x markup on a bottle that's already expensive at retail. The wine is worth experiencing, but not at whatever they're charging here. Buy it at a wine shop and save the markup for another bottle.
Giacomo Conterno Barolo + Lasagna
Conterno Barolo is built for this moment — the high acidity and firm tannins cut through the richness of a layered meat lasagna while the wine's depth of fruit and earthy complexity mirrors the slow-cooked sauce. It's a classic combination for a reason, and Conterno is one of the best reasons to drink Barolo at all.
🔥 The Bottom Line
La Piazza is the rare mountain resort wine list that earns its reputation honestly — deep Italian roots, iconic producers, and a Wine Spectator pedigree going back over a decade. The markups sting at altitude, but if you're here to drink serious Tuscan and Piedmontese wine with the mountains as your backdrop, this is the place.
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