Home grown tomatoes, recommendations for best taste in medium size?

I cannot. I just don't think it's possible to grow on North America. The tomatoes we had in Greece last month are simply leaps and bounds ahead.

I think it is a combination of the humidity, wind, and microbiology of the soil that only exists in the Mediterranean countries.
I’m not an expert on tomatoes but I’m in Italy now (Naples, specifically) and wow, the difference in flavor is mind boggling. So I think you might be right.
 
My two favorites are Brandywine and Cherokee Purple, with the win going to the Cherokee Purple. Both of these are ripe going by feel, not color so much. For us, I pick as soon as they start to change color and let ripen inside. That way pests do not get to them first. Ha! Any tomato that has started to turn ripe doesn't gain anything by leaving it on the vine longer as they will ripen once picked and don't increase in size.
 
We had pretty good success with our patio tomatoes this year (container grown). I prefer the mid-sized fruit, the big beefsteak are just too susceptible to split, bruise, critters, etc.

And while they tasted good, we just have not been getting the intense full flavor I recall from years back. Even made me wonder if our taste buds have dulled with age, but I can tell the difference with really ripe melons, pears, peaches, etc. And even the ugliest heirloom tomatoes we get at the farm-stand aren't cutting it for us.

Can someone recommend a really full flavored mid-sized tomato for home growing (next year of course, but I figure memories will be fresh)? I'd prefer a modern hybrid for the disease resistance, but I'm willing to go heirloom if needed.
I grow San Marazano plum tomatoes in outdoor raised beds in the PNW. I have very good crops each year. I annually rotate the various vegetables among my several beds. Fertilize with a water soluble fertilizer and pick fruit into the first week of November. I’ve grown Early Girl and other beefsteak varieties but always come back to plums. Great for sauce canning, tomato and fresh mozzarella salad and bruschetta.
 
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