🇪🇸 Baixa Sirena Albariño Rías Baixas DO 2023 (De Andrés Sisters)

This is Albariño with beach hair and a sharp tongue: salty, bright, and impossible to ignore. If your “white wine” usually tastes like nothing, congrats, you’re about to upgrade.

Wine Description 

Baixa Sirena is a Rías Baixas Albariño built for people who like their whites crisp, coastal, and kinda flirty. It comes out of Galicia in northwest Spain, where Atlantic weather makes grapes work for their paycheck, and the result tends to taste like citrus plus sea-breeze energy. 

This bottling is tied to De Andrés Sisters (AleaVini), a project by sisters Ruth and Ana de Andrés focused on spotlighting regional Spanish wines and small farmers. The wine is hand-harvested, given a short cold maceration on skins, fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, then kept about 3 months on lees for extra texture without losing the snap. 

The Vibe 

Ocean-kissed, clean, and confident. Think “Galicia at golden hour,” not “sweet patio juice.”

What it tastes like 

Bright citrus and ripe orchard fruit vibes with a mineral, salty edge that screams “I came from granite soils and I know it.” It’s fresh and vibrant, with a little extra mouthfeel from time on lees, so it’s not just sharp, it’s also kinda smooth about it. 

Pairing + When to drink it 

This is your move for oysters, ceviche, grilled shrimp, sushi, salty snacks, and anything that deserves a squeeze of lemon. Drink it when you want refreshment with attitude, especially as an aperitif or with seafood nights. 

Quick Specs

• Producer: De Andrés Sisters 

• Region/Appellation: Spain, Galicia, D.O. Rías Baixas

• Grapes: Albariño

• Vintage: 2023

• Winemaking/Aging: Hand-harvest; short cold skin contact; indigenous yeast fermentation in stainless; ~3 months on lees 

• ABV: 13% 

• Bottle size: 750 mL 

FAQs 

Q: What makes Baixa Sirena Albariño a “granite soils” wine in Rías Baixas?
A: The producer notes the soils as granite breakdown, sometimes exposing bedrock, which is a big reason this style reads mineral and coastal. It’s one of those wines where the “place” shows up loudly, in a good way. 

Q: What’s the exact winemaking method De Andrés Sisters describe for Baixa Sirena?
A: They state hand harvesting, a cold maceration on skins for several hours, fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks (pre-evacuated with CO₂), then about 3 months on lees. That’s a lot of precision for a bottle that drinks this effortlessly. 

Q: Is Rías Baixas really split into sub-zones, and does that matter here?
A: Yes, the D.O. is divided into five sub-zones: Val do Salnés, O Rosal, Ribeira do Ulla, Condado do Tea, and Soutomaior. The whole point is that “Rías Baixas” isn’t one single flavor, it’s a coastal mosaic.

Q: Who are De Andrés Sisters, and what’s their actual role behind Baixa Sirena?
A: De Andrés Sisters (AleaVini) is a project run by sisters Ruth and Ana de Andrés, focused on elevating Spanish regional wines and working with smaller farmers. They’re the names attached to the brand and the selection philosophy behind the bottle. 

Q: How is the 2023 Baixa Sirena fruit sourced and handled before blending?
A: One U.S. retailer notes the Albariño is manually harvested across many separate plots, vinified separately by region, then blended and rested on lees for about 3 months. It’s basically “small-parcel precision” without the luxury-price tantrum.