That's such a sweet ride, congrats. I don't have a carbon bike, but I love all the other things you mentioned; brifters, disc, and clipless. And gravel bikes rock, almost as fast as a road bike, but go anywhere. I do a Thursday night ride that ends up on gravel roads, state forest roads, and some state forest trails.
I'm doing a minivacation in LA right now, and managed to do a decent climb in the Santa Monica mountains last night. 2000ft up over a little under 8 miles. Never thought I'd enjoy riding bikes up hills this much.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BfGWHw4JdywMQB8B7
Latigo Canyon Road, near Malibu. It's cloudy, but the ocean is in the distance there. Life goals.