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The discrimination between these states is essential for the readout of a (multi-)qubit state, and can be achieved through a measurement of the quantum capacitance within the gate-reflectometry approach. For a system controlled by several gates, the dependence of the measured capacitance on the direction of the oscillations in the voltage space is captured by the quantum capacitance matrix. Herein, we apply this tool to study a double quantum dot coupled to three gates, which enable the tuning of both the bias and the tunneling between the two dots. Analytical solutions for the two-electron case are derived within a Hubbard model, showing the overall dependence of the quantum capacitance matrix on the applied gate voltages. In particular, we investigate the role of the tunneling gate and reveal the possibility of exploiting interdot coherences in addition to charge displacements between the dots. 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