Other than a slightly higher BB, what aspects of the geo make you think it won’t give you confidence descending? As noted, the geo is very similar to the Aspero and my bike is fantastic on descents.
I think a lot of the trend going on in gravel geo is typical of the bike industry product patterns - they borrow something form one aspect and adapt it to another discipline. So in the case of gravel, they are going more towards MTB geo while forgetting that many / most riders simply aren’t hitting trails that technical and are just riding dirt / gravel roads.
Heck, there is even some recognition in some quarters that the push in MTB geo has gone too far and people who once rode a given size (i.e. Med) are on bikes that are now too big for them.