Hyper-localized damage will lead to crop losses in some plots. But at the scale of the vineyard, the damage remains very limited. The month of June 2022 will mark the memories of winegrowers by its hailstorms and their magnitude. As summarized by the specialized site Vitisphere, Gascony, Bordeaux, Cognac, or Beaujolais are particularly affected. But what about Burgundy? Overall, she is doing very well. Everywhere, the damage is hyper localized. For some winegrowers, the bill is salty, but at the scale of the vineyard the yields will be little affected.
Flood in Gevrey and mini-tornado in the Mâconnais
Chablis is one of the areas spared, with hailstones that have reached only a hundred hectares out of the 6000 that count this vineyard. Even in the affected vines, the damage is very limited, and the bunches are expected to recover. The Côte Chalonnaise is also doing very well. In Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, the climatic hazards are a little more significant. There will be significant crop losses in Marsannay, Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Beaune, or Chorey-les-Beaune. In Gevrey, we do not only deplore the hail falls: the rain also caused damage, with the equivalent of a month of precipitation on the night of 22 to 23 June. The result: mudslides and collapsed wall walls. In the Mâconnais too, there is significant damage in a localized way. A long hail corridor crossed the vineyard from south to north, attacking a few plots of Vergisson, Lugny or Igé. But the most serious occurred in the Clunysois, west of Mâcon. In this area rather dedicated to breeding, the few vines that can be found have been ravaged. Villages like Chapaize and Bray saw a mini-tornado pass by, which blew leaves and clusters, and even displaced the earth. In this case, there will be no harvest. 
