Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy

Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia
Products Wine
Owner Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria
Website rasv.com.au/Events/RMWS_Home/

The Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy is the most prestigious and sought after wine award in Australia.[1][2] The trophy is a memorial to Jimmy Watson (died 1962),[3] who established the iconic Jimmy Watson's Wine Bar in Lygon Street, Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne.

The trophy is awarded annually at the Royal Melbourne Wine Awards, conducted by The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, to the producer of the best one- or two-year-old, dry, red wine.

Past Winners

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Year Winery Wine
2016 Deep Woods Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014[9][10]
2015 Home Hill Winery Kelly's Reserve Pinot Noir 2014[11]
2014 SC Pannell Adelaide Hills Syrah 2013
2013 Yabby Lake Block 1 Pinot Noir 2012
2012 Best's Great Western Great Western Bin '1' Shiraz 2011
2011 Glaetzer-Dixon Family Winemakers Mon Père Shiraz 2010
2010 Harvey River Bridge Estate Joseph River Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
2009 Eden Road Wines 'Long Road' Shiraz Hilltops 2008
2008 Flametree Wines Cabernet Merlot 2007
2007 Scarpantoni Estate Wines Brothers Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
2006 Shingleback Wines D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
2005 Geoff Merrill Wines Reserve Shiraz 2004
2004 Casella Estate Yellowtail Premium Cabernet Sauvignon 2003
2003 Saltram Wine Estate The Eighth Maker Shiraz 2002
2002 Rosemount Estate Traditional 2001
2001 Pepper Tree Wines Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
2000 Punter's Corner Spartacus Shiraz 1999
1999 Wolf Blass Wines Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
1998 Katnook Estate Katnook Estate Shiraz 1997
1997 Gulf Station Vineyards De Bortoli Wines Yarra Valley Reserve Shiraz 1996
1996 Hardy's Tintara Eileen Hardy Shiraz 1995
1995 Hardy's Tintara Leasingham Classic Clare Shiraz 1994
1994 Rouge Homme Wines Pty Ltd Richardson's Red Block Dry Red 1993
1993 Elderton Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 1992
1992 B Seppelt & Sons Ltd Harpers Range Cabernet/Malbec 1991
1991 Mitchelton Vintners Pty Ltd Mitchelton Shiraz 1990
1990 Peter Lehmann Wines Pty Ltd Show Reserve Shiraz 1989
1989 Haselgrove Wines Pty Ltd Jamiesons Run Dry Red Shiraz 1988
1988 Hardy's Tintara Hardy's Collection Series Cabernet Sauvignon 1987
1987 Riddoch Wines Riddoch Estate Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz 1986
1986 Lindeman's Wines Pty Ltd Coonawarra Pyrus Premium Claret Blend 1985
1985 Hollick Wines Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 1984
1984 Cape Mentelle Vineyards Cabernet Dry Red Claret 1983
1983 Cape Mentelle Vineyards Cabernet Dry Red Claret 1982
1982 Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards Mildara JW Classic Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz 1981
1981 Lindemans Wines Pty Ltd St George Cabernet Sauvignon 1980
1980 Krondorf Wines Pty Ltd Cabernet Sauvignon 1979
1979 Orlando Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Red Claret 1978
1978 Miller's Chateau Yarrinya Dry Red Claret 1977
1977 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1976
1976 Wolf Blass Wines Black Label Dry Red Claret 1975
1975 Wolf Blass Wines Black Label Dry Red Claret 1974
1974 Wolf Blass Wines Black Label Dry Red Claret 1973
1973 Berri Co-op Winery & Distillery Cabernet Shiraz Dry Red 1972
1972 B Seppelt & Sons Ltd Cabernet Sauvignon TTI 47 1971
1971 Gramps Orlando Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Red Claret 1970
1970 Basedow Wines Bin 15 Dry Red Cabernet Sauvignon 1969
1969 F E Osborn & Sons Pty Ltd: d'Arenberg Cabernet Sauvignon 1968
1968 Penfolds Claret Type (Grange) 1967
1967 Saltram Wines (Cabernet component of Saltram Mamre Brook Cabernet Shiraz) Burgundy Type 1966
1966 Penfolds Claret Type (Grange) 1965
1965 B Seppelt & Sons Ltd Seppelt Great Western Shiraz 1964
1964 Penfolds Bin 64 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon Claret Type 1963
1963 Hardy's Tintara Reserve Bin C404 Cabernet Sauvignon 1962
1962 Stoneyfell Wines Metala Cabernet Shiraz Claret Type 1961

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