Black Jack Di Finotello Andrea (Coop. Po)

Black Jack operates in Porto Tolle, on the threshold of the Sacca di Scardovari, the wide brackish lagoon where the Po Delta meets the Adriatic. Here, the company's sole denomination, Cozza di Scardovari DOP, matures—a mussel whose character stems from water less salty than the open sea: tender flesh and a subtle sweetness that distinguish it from deep-sea products. The lagoon's unique chemistry does the work. The encounter between the river's fresh waters and the sea's creates an intermediate environment, and every mussel harvested bears the imprint of that precise saline balance. The producer's location within this single-municipality zone means direct proximity to the source: the distance between the breeding bed and harvesting is minimized, with the lagoon as the sole reference. Working a single DOP in such a restricted territory inextricably links the product to its basin of origin, where the conditions of the Sacca—salinity, tides, the Po's contribution—remain the variables that shape its flavor and consistency season after season.

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