(Decanter) - A hailstorm has caused damage across several hundred hectares of Chablis vineyards less than a month after the whole Burgundy region was also hit by late spring frost.

Hail in Chablis

Friday 13 May proved unlucky for Chablis winemakers after a hailstorm hit around 400 hectares (ha) in the area.

It comes just two weeks after frost damaged vines across Burgundy, including some of those in Chablis, and adds to a sense of foreboding about the potential size of the 2016 harvest.

From Chablis to Ligny-le-Châtel, the hailstorm crossed the north of the Chablis vineyard area from west to east causing massive damage to vineyards.

Approximately 400 hectares were affected by hail. ‘With 20% of vineyards damaged by frost and now 10% by hail, this is disastrous for a winemaker,’ Frédéric Gueguen, winemaker in Préhy and president of the Fédération de Défense de l’appellation Chablis, told Decanter.com.

Initial estimates suggest some vineyards saw 80% to 100% of their prospective 2016 crop destroyed.