They are very well made, nice quality leather. They are brown. Mistakenly thought they would be burgundy, but think marrone meanes brown in Italian, not maroon, as I initially thought. The shaft is a good proportion for average calf sizes. Wide calfs will have trouble getting them up. Zipper gapped in an odd way 2nd day of wear, hitting near ankle hard, making them painful. I tried to "train" them to fold away from ankle, but won't work. Stuffed shaft with cushioning near trouble spot to make them wearable. A lot of work just to wear a boot, but keeping them 'cuz they look amazing & are otherwise comfy.