I love aqautalia and own other boots in this brand.
This is a great looking boot. The leather is very soft. There were 2 things I did not like, the stretch elastic was rather stiff, compared to the leather surrounding it.  It did stretch though, they fit fine around my calf. My other pair of boots has the woven leather shaft and the whole thing is very soft and flexible, I was hoping for the same comfortable feeling.
The second problem was that as I walked the boot pressed uncomfortably against my achilles tendon. So I had to return them, but was sad to do so. BTW the price is great. With aquatalia flat boots I go up half a size.