When people think of Cava, they often imagine Spain's most festive sparkling wine: elegant, lively, and made using the same traditional method as Champagne. Yet behind its fine bubbles lies something far more complex, a category shaped by place, climate, and viticultural identity. Among the different areas authorized to produce Cava, Requena (Altos Levantinos, Valencia) stands apart. It is the highest-altitude region for traditional method sparkling wine in Spain, a landscape